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Black and white photograph of sailors waiting on the hangar deck for mail call
Mail Call on the Hangar Deck
Black and white photograph of sailors waiting on the hangar deck for mail call
Black and white photograph of sailors waiting on the hangar deck for mail call

Mail Call on the Hangar Deck

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Date1957–1961
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Robert Wayne Osburn and family. P2013.149.117
Object numberP2013.149.117
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of mail call on the hangar deck. Four men in dungarees stand in the center of a roped off area. Three of the men are wearing baseball caps and one is wearing a "Dixie cup" hat. Mail and parcels are arranged on the floor around them. Other crew members stand around the edge of the roped off area. Some have large mail bags at their feet. The men around the ropes are wearing dungarees or enlisted white uniforms. Most of the men have light skin, while a few have dark skin. Behind the men, the hangar bay doors are partially closed. The doors are open just enough to allow people to walk through. They appear to be the doors between hangar bays 2 and 3, with the men receiving mail in hangar 3. A striped horizontal pattern is painted on the lower section of the doors. There are men sitting in chairs in the other hangar.
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