Chief for a day

front of 2025.1029.5

front of 2025.1029.5

Name/Title

Chief for a day

Entry/Object ID

2025.1029.5

Description

One of a set of twelve large postcards sold from the museum gift shop. Features an officer pointing to a part of the engine room to a young woman in a skirt.

Context

The Battleship Texas Museum was operated by the Battleship Texas Commission from 1948 to 1983. She was located at San Jacinto State Park on the Houston Ship Channel.

Collection

Donation (Darrel W. Jaehne), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1948 - 1949

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects