Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Black and white photograph mounted on paper of multiple crew members on the flight deck near tw…
Long Shadows on Flight Deck
Black and white photograph mounted on paper of multiple crew members on the flight deck near tw…
Black and white photograph mounted on paper of multiple crew members on the flight deck near two Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawks

Long Shadows on Flight Deck

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Photographer
Association
DateSeptember 22, 1958
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper, paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert Wayne Osburn and family. P2013.149.03
Object numberP2013.149.03
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal official photograph of crew members on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. A Douglas A4D-2 Skyhawk is taxiing and another one is parked. The afternoon light casts long shadows on the deck. There is a white border around the image. The photograph is mounted on manila cardstock. Information is typed on the paper, to the left of the photograph. The text reads, "Photo # CVA-11-238-58. Date 22 Sept 58 taken by R.W. Phgan Osburn, "Subj. "View of A4D-2 Skyhawk of VMA-211 taxing forward on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid CVA-11 in the late afternoon // Released for publication 11/16/58" printed and written in blue and black ink.
On View
Not on view
Collections
Cover of red scrapbook that has “Photographs” embossed on the top left corner
Richard O'Brien Photograph Album
Richard J. O'Brien
1944–1945
Object number: 00.2016.06
Black cover of photo album with the word "Pictures" in white text at the upper left corner
E.G. Blankenship Scrapbook
Edgar Gerald Blankenship
1944–1959
Object number: 2016.44
Silver commemorative card from a ships company reunion in 1976, featuring the USS Intrepid seal…
Robert J. Salmanowitz Papers
Robert J. Salmanowitz
1955–1992
Object number: A2016.43
Booklet titled “Welcome Aboard! USS Intrepid CVS-11” with black and white photo of aircraft car…
Frank V. Moltisanti Papers
Frank V. Moltisanti
1965–1966
Object number: A2019.63
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Robert Wayne Osburn Oral History
Robert Wayne Osburn
February 10, 2021
Object number: OHP.214
Printed black and white photograph of an A4D-2 Skyhawk in flight
A4D-2 Skyhawk in Flight
Francis H. Castles
October 1959
Object number: P2021.25.04
Hardcover USS Intrepid CVA-11 1958 calendar with a black and white photograph of Intrepid at se…
Jon Matthews Papers
Jon W. Matthews
1957–1960
Object number: A2018.96
Scrapbook with missing cover, first page has five black and white photos of USS Intrepid and th…
Robert J. Salmanowitz Scrapbook
Robert J. Salmanowitz
1955–April 1956
Object number: 2016.43.01a-b
Black and white photograph of a FD4-1 Skyray on USS Intrepid's flight deck waiting to be launch…
F4D-1 Skyray Waiting for Launch
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
January 10, 1961
Object number: P2021.26
U.S. Navy identification card for Edward George Wynn, with photo of light skinned man at left
E. George Wynn Papers
Edward George Wynn
1942–52
Object number: A2018.26
Black and white photograph of Intrepid at sea with aircraft on the flight deck
Intrepid at Sea
Charles T. Robinson Jr.
May 20, 1957
Object number: P2019.20.02
Color photograph of a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk launching off Intrepid's flight deck
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Marshall N. Morton
1966
Object number: P2021.40.60
Intrepid Museum
Copyright © Intrepid Museum