Visiting Children in Palma
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
B. Hathaway Struthers
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Date1973
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Chaplain B.H. Struthers. P2018.47.02
Object numberP2018.47.02
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of children holding up a sign that says, “USO // Palma”. The group is probably on board the ship, although the background is difficult to see. There are several adult men in civilian clothes around the group and a U.S. Navy officer wearing a white combination cap in the background. A woman is crouched in the front on the left looking up at the boy holding the sign. The people in the photograph have light skin. There is a white border around the image. The back has “Shot by // AN Garcia” written in black ink.
On View
Not on viewCollections
B. Hathaway Struthers
1973
Object number: P2018.47.05
B. Hathaway Struthers
probably February 1973
Object number: P2018.47.06
Pierce Y. Matthews Jr.
November 22, 1961
Object number: P2017.05.11