Slides of views of the U.S. Merchant Marine School, 1944

Name/Title

Slides of views of the U.S. Merchant Marine School, 1944

Entry/Object ID

1998.217.1

Description

Acc. No. 98.217.1 (a-i) Subject Category: Maritime - Merchant Marine School Date or Period: 1944 Object: Kodachrome Slides Description: Set of nine Kodachrome 35mm color slides mounted in grey folders with red imprinting on both sides. There are descriptive notations by the photographer written in red ink on their versos. Size: 2 x 2 in. History of Object: Various views of the U.S. Merchant Marine School at present-day Crab Cove area at the foot of Webster Street: (a) front entrance, showing a ship's wheel monument; (b) looking from the docks to the shore; (c) docks, boats and divits (cranes); (d) front entrance, another view; (e) the pier and dock; (f) more docks, divits (cranes) and boats; (g) school parade grounds; (h) school building; (i) identical slide to #h. Acquired from: George W. Guntermann ('98) Date: 5/23/98