Children getting presents from crew

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

Front of 2023.1001.32

Name/Title

Children getting presents from crew

Entry/Object ID

2023.1001.32

Description

Large group of children standing in front of crewmembers. Man dressed as Santa near middle. Christmas tree vaguely visible in background. back says "presents for the [orphans] Santa brought by the crew of the Texas" Christmas 1941.

Context

Battleship Texas conducted several escort missions for the Allied Powers throughout the Atlantic Ocean from December 7, 1941, to July 29, 1942.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Dec 1941

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