Name/Title
Enlarged framed photo of aircraft carriers at NAS Alameda, c. 1969-1970Entry/Object ID
1998.187.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.187.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA, CA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1969-70
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH, FRAMED
DESCRIPTION:
ENLARGED COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, UNDER GLASS, IN A MODERN FRAME OF CAST GESSO AND WOOD. ANTIQUE FINISH OF GREEN AND GOLD COLORS.
SIZE: L 18" X W 22"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
ENLARGED PHOTOGRAPH OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS DOCKED AT THE ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA, CA. PHOTO SHOWS CARRIERS UNDER REPAIR AND IDENTIFIED AS #43, USS CORAL SEA, AND POSSIBLY THE USS ENTERPRISE ( EXTREME LEFT).
THIS FRAMED PHOTO WAS FOUND IN A STOREROOM AT PRINGLE'S MEAT, OAKLAND. THE PHOTO HAD BELONGED TO THE FOUNDER, GEORGE PRINGLE, WHOSE SON WAS A NAVAL COMMANDER AT NAVAL AIR STATION. TWO OTHER CARRIERS (ONE NOT NUMBERED) AND THE SECOND (NUMBERED 34) ARE NOT IDENTIFIED. IN THE MID- AND BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE NAVAL AIR STATION, CITY OF ALAMEDA, ESTUARY, ETC.
DONORS:
PAT AND DICK HEIMANS
CATALOGED: APRIL 11, 1998