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Black and white photograph of a crew member operating a soot blower in a ship's fire room
Operating a Soot Blower
Black and white photograph of a crew member operating a soot blower in a ship's fire room
Black and white photograph of a crew member operating a soot blower in a ship's fire room

Operating a Soot Blower

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
DateSeptember 1967
PeriodVietnam War; Cold War
Mediumphotographic paper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Albert J. Kreitzer. P2023.67.09
Object numberP2023.67.09
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Personal horizontal image of a crew member operating a soot blower on the lower level of one of the fire rooms (boiler rooms) on USS Intrepid. The sailor has light skin and dark hair with a small mustache, and he is wearing a U.S. Navy chambray work shirt that is soaked in sweat. Letters on the front of his shirt are illegible. He has his right hand on a crank that opens the steam pipe for a soot blower on one of the boilers. The side of the boiler is visible in the background, along with more steam pipes. The bottom of one of the smoke periscopes is visible above the man’s head. There is a white border on the image with “Sep 67” printed in black ink.

Back has “9” handwritten in blue ink and a repeating watermark which reads “A Kodak Paper.”
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Black and white photograph of a crew member operating a soot blower in a ship's fire room
Operating a Soot Blower
Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.11
Black and white photograph of two crew members working in the lower level of a ship's fire room
Lower Level of Fire Room (Boiler Room)
Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.08
Back and white photograph of two crew members lighting a boiler in a ship's fire room
Lighting Off a Boiler
Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.06
Black and white photograph of a crew member taking readings in a fire room
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Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.07
Black and white photograph of a crew member inspecting a fire pump
Inspecting a Fire Pump
Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.13
Black and white photograph of a crew member working at a desk in the B Division office
B Division Office
Albert J. Kreitzer
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Object number: P2023.67.05
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Albert J. Kreitzer
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Object number: P2023.67.14
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Jerry Glueck
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Black and white photograph of a crew member operating a boiler feed check valve
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Albert J. Kreitzer
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Object number: P2023.67.12
Black and white photograph of a crew member adjusting a valve in a fire room
Adjusting a Valve
Albert J. Kreitzer
September 1967
Object number: P2023.67.15
Black and white photograph of a crew member examining bottles in the oil and water testing lab
Oil and Water Testing Lab
Albert J. Kreitzer
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Object number: P2023.67.04
Black and white photograph of two crew members in the oil and water testing lab
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Albert J. Kreitzer
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Object number: P2023.67.03
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