Name/Title
Koch in dry dockEntry/Object ID
2025.1001.37Description
Entries 2025.1001.23 through 2025.1001.99 were taken out of the significantly deteriorated pages of at least one photo album belonging to Texas crew members and bought by BTF. The album photos date to the early to mid 1920s. Each photo had writing on the pages of the book, now discarded. The caption formerly on the page for this photo read,
“Koch he hates this, at bottom of dry-dock, Norfolk Navy Yard.”
Features sailor in blues standing at base of dry dock. Texas visible in background on the right behind “Koch”Context
The Washington Naval Treaty was signed in 1922, ending new battleship construction for ten years. As a result, Battleship Texas underwent significant modernization from July 31, 1925, to November 23, 1926.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.Collection
eBay Purchase, Historical Collections
