Two walruses on an ice floe
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Two walruses resting on an ice floe. Photo was cropped and caption is incomplete. Caption on reverse: "0317432. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. -Guardsmen on the North Atlantic Patrol took this picture. -Eaceful if bleak and chilly sights are not uncommon to -n who range the frozen wastelands into the Arctic Zone -i-submarine patrol and mercy missions." No date
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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:
Arctic Ocean
Latitude:
71.000
Longitude:
-153.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Animals--Arctic Ocean
Ice--Arctic Ocean