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Black and white photograph of two Black cooks in a ship's galley
Cooking in the Galley
Black and white photograph of two Black cooks in a ship's galley
Black and white photograph of two Black cooks in a ship's galley

Cooking in the Galley

Object NamePhotograph
DateDecember 1941–September 1945
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2013.01.61
Object numberP00.2013.01.61
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Two cooks are working in a ship's galley. One man is kneeling at the open oven. There is a tray of roasted meat in the oven. The other man is standing and stirring something on the stove. Both men have dark skin and are wearing white pants, shirts and hats.

The photograph does not have identifying information, and we do not know if it was taken on board USS Intrepid.
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Collections
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John P. Roby
1960–1962
Object number: P2011.30.04
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Henry F. Mouzon
May 25, 2015
Object number: OHP.078
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Edward M. Bell
October 2, 2014
Object number: OHP.063
Cover of red scrapbook that has “Photographs” embossed on the top left corner
Richard J. O'Brien
1944–1945
Object number: 00.2016.06
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George B. DuBois
January 15, 1944–September 11, 1944
Object number: A2018.83
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Eugene Smith Jr.
July 8, 2016
Object number: OHP.105
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Samuel T. Higa
September 16, 2016
Object number: OHP.120
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Peter G. Kochera
June 16, 2017
Object number: OHP.134
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Errol Kellum
May 19, 2016
Object number: OHP.100
Printed black and white photograph of Walter Babcock scooping ice cream in the galley
Walter K. Babcock
1954–1956
Object number: P2021.38.08
Stainless steel silver with brochure, bracelet has inscribed black enameled block letters that …
Ellen Parker
1970–76
Object number: 2017.27.01a-b
Sealed handwritten envelope to Nathan B. Hecker with a "Return to Sender" stamp and postmarked …
Nathan B. Hecker
November 21–29, 1944
Object number: A2018.63