Texas en route to San Jacinto

Front of 2023.1005.15

Front of 2023.1005.15

Name/Title

Texas en route to San Jacinto

Entry/Object ID

2023.1005.15

Description

Shot from the bow of Texas. San Jacinto Monument is in the background to the right. Distorted color on the left side of the photo. Back newspaper excerpt begins with "109 / Associated Press photo / From Dallas..."

Context

Battleship Texas sailed to the east coast in January 1946, began preparation for deactivation and donation to the State of Texas on February 13, and was in the U.S. Reserve Fleet from June 18, 1946, to April 21, 1948. She was decommissioned at San Jacinto State Park.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Apr 1, 1938

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