U.S.S. Texas Entering Havana, Cuba

Name/Title

U.S.S. Texas Entering Havana, Cuba

Entry/Object ID

2024.1031.1

Description

Framed photograph donated by Martha Cannon Taratuski, owned by father and crewmember Francis Roscoe Cannon, who served on Texas at the end of WWII. Wooden frame with no glass over the photo. Cardboard backing. Photo shows Texas sailing in from left side of shot past lighthouse in background. Captioned "U.S.S. TEXAS ENTERING HAVANA, CUBA" Image from February 7, 1940.

Context

Battleship Texas participated in various neutrality patrols and escort missions in the North Atlantic Ocean from November 1939 to December 7, 1941.

Collection

Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Feb 7, 1940

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