Visitors coming aboard in New Orleans

Photograph

Battleship Texas Foundation

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Name/Title

Visitors coming aboard in New Orleans

Entry/Object ID

2024.1023.12

Description

Crowd moving up bridge labelled "S.P.S.S. LINE" onto Texas. Photo from visit to New Orleans in March 1930. Photo captioned: VISITORS COMING ABOARD IN NEW ORLEANS

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. Orville L. Johnson enlisted into the Marine Corps on December 19, 1927. He later joined the crew of Battleship Texas from June 6, 1928, to May 1930. Johnson collected hundreds of photographs throughout his time on Texas and competed in the rowing championships held within the fleet.

Collection

Historical Collections, Collection (Orville L. Johnson)

Made/Created

Date made

circa Mar 1930

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