Admiral Wiley walking

front of 2026.1020.4

front of 2026.1020.4

Name/Title

Admiral Wiley walking

Entry/Object ID

2026.1020.4

Description

A 1928 shot of officers walking along main deck in ceremonial attire. Writing in top right corner identifies Admiral Wiley as one of the men walking, and locates the ship in San Pedro, California.

Context

Battleship Texas was flagship of the United States Fleet from September 1, 1927, to September 15, 1931. Admirals Wiley, Pratt, and Chase served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet in that time. Ephriam Dickson was the executive director of Battleship Texas Foundation from June 1995 to February 1999. In addition to his duties, he conducted extensive research on and heavily collected items for the crew of Battleship Texas. He later donated his collection back to BTF.

Collection

Donation (Ephriam D. Dickson), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

1928

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