Coast Guardsman painting the anchor of a cutter
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman painting the anchor of a cutter at a port. Caption on reverse: "2095. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. GETTING HER SHIPSHAPE. A U.S. Coast Guardsman paints the anchor for anchor's aweigh. Everyone aboard the Coast Guard cutter is busy getting the vessel shipshape as it prepares to leave its East Coast home port for another patrol trip. Coast Guardsman painting the anchor is Coxswain Henry G. Price of Detroit, Mich." Location unknown. No date
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Date:
1941
1945
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Items from the service of John J. Scanlan Jr., who served in the United States Coast Guard. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Scanlan worked for a newspaper prior to joining the Coast Guard. During the war, he acquired photographs published by the Public Relations Division of the United States Coast Guard. The collection consists of photographs from most of the theaters of operations and depict life in the field and aboard a ship for Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Also included is a satirical piece of military correspondence. See collection 2012.321 for more items from the collection subject.
Geography:
United States
Latitude:
38.000
Longitude:
-98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean
Painting