Name/Title
Frame's photo-logEntry/Object ID
2024.1024.1Description
The photo-log of Marvin C. Frame which encompassed events on Battleship Texas from August 23, 1938, to December 22, 1939. The album is in four pieces including the cover and front several pages, two pages that have separated from the rope binding, and the back portion which contains all the photographs. The album is bound with two white strings and one black one in the middle.Context
Battleship Texas was flagship of the Training Detachment from June 27, 1937, to September 1, 1939. She made many Midshipman Cruises with students from the Naval Academy throughout this period.
Marvin C. Frame transferred to Battleship Texas on August 23, 1938, as a semaphore operator. He became a QM3c on December 31, 1939, before he left the ship on January 11, 1940. His younger brother, Robert A. Frame, joined the crew of Battleship Texas as an SF3c on September 7, 1940. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marvin reenlisted and briefly returned to Battleship Texas alongside his brother as a QM2c from March 19, 1942, to August 1, 1942. Robert made SF2c on October 1, 1942, and transferred off on December 12, 1942.
Many crew members kept photo albums that each have hundreds of photos chronicling their service onboard.Collection
Historical Collections, Collection (Marvin C. Frame)Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Album, PhotographNomenclature Primary Object Term
AlbumNomenclature Sub-Class
MemorabiliaNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsBook Details
Date Published
Aug 23, 1938 - Dec 22, 1939
