Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
Edward Steichen Photography Collection:
Naval Aviation Photographic Unit Photographs
1942-1945
8 boxes (172 photographs)
The collection consists of 172
gelatin silver photographs taken by the U.S. Naval Aviation Photographic Unit during
World War II under the leadership of American photographer Edward
Steichen.
English
Photography Collection
PH-00108
Acquisition:
Gift of Tom Maloney on behalf of Joanna Steichen, from Edward Steichen’s personal
collection, 1974.
Access:
Open for research.
Processed by:
Kate Kaluzny, 2016
Biographical Sketch
Edward Steichen is best known for his commercial and celebrity portraits and for his
tireless efforts to promote photography as fine art. Born Éduard Jean Steichen in
Luxembourg on March 27, 1879, he and his family immigrated to the United States in
1880, ultimately settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steichen apprenticed with the
American Fine Art Company of Milwaukee for four years during which time he taught
himself photography as well as drawing and painting.
In the beginning of his career, Steichen was a prominent member of the
Photo-Secession movement that strove to promote photographs as fine art to the
public. This was primarily accomplished by creating photographs that strongly
imitated the techniques, mood, and subject matter of paintings and drawings, an
aesthetic movement known as Pictorialism. Steichen adopted these techniques,
producing several of his best known works using the gum-bichromate process that had
the effect of creating imagery that appeared similar to mezzotint reproductions and
engravings of paintings. Steichen gained notoriety in the photographic world when
his work was shown in the Second Philadelphia Photographic Salon in 1899.
In 1900, Steichen left to study painting in Paris and stopped in New York along the
way. There he made his way to the Camera Club of New York to show his photographs to
Alfred Stieglitz. Taken with Steichen’s work, Stieglitz bought three of his
photographs outright, which was hugely encouraging for Steichen. With this
transaction began a relationship between the two men, culminating in a partnership
in the gallery 291 and frequent inclusion of Steichen’s photography in Stieglitz’s
magazine Camera Work. In fact, Stieglitz published 68
photographs by Steichen in Camera Work, more than by
any other photographer featured in the magazine.
In the years before World War I broke out in Europe, Steichen lived in France,
working as a painter and photographer. When the United States entered the war,
Steichen volunteered and was made the head of aerial photography for the U.S. Army.
The need for sharp detail in his aerial work brought about a change in Steichen’s
post-war photographic work, moving from Pictorialism towards aesthetics more in line
with the Modernist movement. During the 1920s and 1930s Steichen enjoyed a highly
successful career doing portrait work for magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair as well as
advertising photography for the J. Walter Thompson Agency. Some of his best-known
celebrity portraits from this period include Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, and Gloria
Swanson. Despite the success of his studio, in the late 1930s Steichen closed his
New York studio and devoted himself full-time to breeding delphiniums, one of his
lifelong passions.
Steichen emerged from his retirement when the United States entered World War II and
the U.S. Navy placed him in charge of the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit,
responsible for documenting the naval war in the Pacific against the Japanese. In
1942, Steichen was asked by the Museum of Modern Art to create an exhibition of
photographs that documented the American war effort, called The Road to Victory. At the war’s end, Steichen also
put on the exhibition, entitled Power in the Pacific,
that showcased photographs taken by his unit throughout the war. After the war,
Steichen served as the Director of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York from 1947 to 1962, during which time he curated numerous shows, including the
popular and influential exhibition The Family of Man.
His autobiography, A Life in Photography, was published
in 1963. He passed away in 1973 at the age of 93.
Sources:
In addition to biographical information found within the collection, the following
sources were used:
Daniel, Malcolm. “Edward J. Steichen (1879–1973): The Photo-Secession Years.” Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stei/hd_stei.htm.
Faram, Mark. Faces of War. New York: Berkley Caliber,
2009.
Phillips, Christopher. Steichen at War. New York: H. N.
Abrams, 1981.
Steichen, Edward. A Life in Photography. Garden City,
N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963.
Steichen, Edward. The Blue Ghost: A Photographic Log and
Personal Narrative of the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Lexington. New York:
Harcourt, Brace, [1947].
Szarkowski, John. "Edward Steichen." Encyclopædia
Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., June 11, 2015.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Steichen.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 172 gelatin silver photographs taken by the U.S. Naval
Aviation Photographic Unit during World War II under the leadership of Edward
Steichen. The prints date from 1942 to 1945 and depict scenes from some of the most
intense fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Subjects represented in the
collection include portraits of officers and sailors, combat photographs, scenes
from the daily life of sailors on aircraft carriers, and images of Naval airplanes
and aircraft carriers.
These prints came from Edward Steichen’s personal collection of 8,000 naval
photographs, which were distributed after his death in 1973, at the request of
Joanna Steichen, the photographer’s widow, by Tom Maloney. Maloney, the publisher of
U.S. Camera magazine, was a close friend of
Steichen's. The Ransom Center is one of twelve institutions that received Steichen’s
naval photographs, along with the Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman Museum,
and the U.S. Naval Academy, among others.
This body of work is part of a larger collection of works by Steichen that includes
examples of his fashion and portrait photography. Additional materials by Steichen
can also be found in the Ransom Center's Camera Work
Photography Collection (PH-00092).
Index Terms
People
Bristol, Horace.
Jacobs, Fenno, 1904-1975.
Jorgensen, Victor,
1913-1994.
Kerlee, Charles E.,
1907-1981.
Miller, Wayne F.,
1918-2013.
Steichen, Edward,
1879-1973.
Organizations
Naval Aviation Photographic Unit
(U.S.).
Subjects
Dauntless (Dive bomber).
Fighter pilots--United States.
Grumman Avenger (Torpedo
bomber).
Hellcat (Fighter planes).
Lexington Class (Aircraft
carriers).
United States, Navy--Officers.
War Photography--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific
Ocean.
World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations,
American.
Document Types
Black-and-white
photographs.
Documentary photographs.
Gelatin silver prints.
Portrait photography.
Item List
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0001
Jacobs, Charles Fenno. Young Navy aviators
at preflight training school,
1942-1943.
26.5 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0002
Jacobs, Charles Fenno. Pilot training,
1942-1943.
27.2 x 26.9 cm (image); 28.3 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0003
Photographer unknown. Men learning
hand-to-hand combat,
1942-1943.
34.1 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0004
Photographer unknown. Paratroopers,
1942.
49.7 x 59.8 cm (image); 51 x 60.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0005
Bristol, Horace. Enlisted men doing
calisthenics on the USS Santee,
1942.
26.2 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0006
Bristol, Horace. SBD Dauntless dive bombers
on the USS Santee,
1942.
25.4 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0007
Miller, Wayne F. WAVES in training,
1942.
25.8 x 34.2 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0008
Miller, Wayne F. WAVES working a chain
hoist,
1942.
27.1 x 26.6 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0009
Miller, Wayne F. WAVES women in civilian
clothes,
1942.
34.5 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0010
Bristol, Horace. The Coolidge Sinks,
1942.
28.4 x 27.4 cm (image); 35.6 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0011
Photographer unknown. Battle of the Coral
Sea,
1942.
26.5 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0012
Steichen, Edward. Rear Admiral,
1943.
26.2 x 19.4 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0013
Steichen, Edward. Roy Grumman,
1943.
25.5 x 20.2 cm (image); 35.8 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0014
Steichen, Edward. Portrait of a Rear
Admiral,
1943.
24 x 18.9 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0015
Bristol, Horace. Gareloi Volcano,
1943.
49.8 x 59.5 cm (image); 51 x 60.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0016
Bristol, Horace. Angry Avengers,
1943.
59.4 x 49.8 cm (image); 60.6 x 50.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0017
Bristol, Horace. Bridge Lookout on the USS
Nassau,
1943.
28.2 x 27.3 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0018
Steichen, Edward. Hellcats, Dauntlesses, and
Avengers in flight,
1943.
23.9 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0019
Bristol, Horace. Homeward Bound,
1943.
59.9 x 49.5 cm (image); 60.6 x 50.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0020
Photographer unknown. Hellcats and Avengers
warming up,
1943.
26.6 x 32.1 cm (image); 28 x 36.2 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0021
Kerlee, Charles. Wake Island,
1943.
23.2 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0022
Kerlee, Charles. Dauntlesses on their way to
Wake Island,
1943.
26.8 x 34 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0023
Photographer unknown. Pilots planning strike
on Wake,
1943.
26.5 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0024
Dorsey, Paul. Storming Betio Airport,
1943.
27.2 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0025
Dorsey, Paul. Storming Betio Airport,
1943.
27.2 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0026
Photographer unknown. Tarawa,
1943.
27.3 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.6 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0027
Jorgensen, Victor. Captain Edward Steichen,
1943.
34.3 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0028
Steichen, Edward. Air Control Station above
Flight Deck,
1943.
26.7 x 26.6 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0029
Steichen, Edward. Japanese Plane Explodes,
Crashes into the Water,
1943.
26.7 x 34.4 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 4
974:0255:0030
Steichen, Edward. Hellcat Taking Off from
the USS Lexington,
1943.
27.7 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0031
Steichen, Edward. Hellcat Taking Off from
the USS Lexington,
1943.
27.7 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0032
Steichen, Edward. Today’s Counterpart of the
“Gunner Boy of ‘76”,
1943.
26.6 x 26.9 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0033
Photographer unknown. Patrol Planes over the
Radar Antennae,
1943.
19.5 x 21.1 cm (image); 20.8 x 25.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0034
Steichen, Edward. Waiting—The Skipper Sweats
it Out,
1943.
34.3 x 24 cm (image); 35.5 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0035
Steichen, Edward. Officers on the flag
bridge,
1943.
34.2 x 23.8 cm (image); 35.5 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0036
Bristol, Horace. Pilots ready room,
1942.
26.7 x 27.7 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0037
Photographer unknown. Ensign in ready room,
1943.
26.7 x 25.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0038
Photographer unknown. Hellcats and
Dauntlesses at take-off,
1943.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0039
Photographer unknown. Lexington as seen from
a dive bomber,
1943.
32.4 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0040
Photographer unknown. The USS Lexington,
1943.
26.7 x 34.2 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0041
Photographer unknown. The USS Lexington,
1943.
49.6 x 59.8 cm (image); 50.9 x 60.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0042
Photographer unknown. The USS Lexington,
1943.
24.2 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0043
Steichen, Edward. Prop of Navy torpedo
bomber,
1943.
26.8 x 34.2 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0044
Steichen, Edward. A Hellcat rolls down the
deck of the USS Lexington for takeoff,
1943.
50.6 x 49.7 cm (image); 60.8 x 51.1 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0045
Steichen, Edward. Officers on deck,
1943.
26.7 x 34 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0046
Photographer unknown. Hellcat taking off,
1943.
26.5 x 29.7 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0047
Photographer unknown. Avengers and
Helldivers,
1943.
26.6 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0048
Steichen, Edward. Hellcats preparing for
launch,
1943.
23.5 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0049
Steichen, Edward. Fighter Director and Staff
Track Aircraft in Radar Plot,
1943.
26.7 x 29.8 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0050
Photographer unknown. Pilots debriefing
after a strike,
1943.
26.9 x 25.7 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0051
Steichen, Edward. Pre-Dawn Launching,
1943.
26.6 x 34.3 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0052
Steichen, Edward. Pre-Dawn Launching,
1943.
49.8 x 59.7 cm (image); 51 x 60.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 10
974:0255:0053
Steichen, Edward. Pre-Dawn Launching,,
1943.
50 x 59.9 cm (image); 51 x 61 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0054
Photographer unknown. Officer on the bridge,
1943.
26.7 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.2 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0055
Steichen, Edward. W.S. Hisler Tells the Ship
How it Feels to Shoot Down a Jap Plane,
1943.
26.5 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0056
Photographer unknown. Avenger torpedo
bomber,
1943.
27.3 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0057
Kerlee, Charles. Officers’ Mess, Carrier
Wardroom,
1943.
26.4 x 34.5 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0058
Steichen, Edward. Relaxation after Work,
1943.
26.4 x 27 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0059
Miller, Wayne F. Avengers flying over a
carrier,
1943.
24.8 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.7 cm
(object).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0060
Photographer unknown. Japanese ship sinking,
1943-1945.
17.8 x 24.2 cm (image); 20.7 x 25.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0061
Miller, Wayne F. Waiting for Zero Hour,
1943.
51.9 x 50 cm (image); 60.8 x 50.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 5
974:0255:0062
Photographer unknown. Dauntless on a carrier
deck,
1943.
26.6 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0063
Bristol, Horace. TBF Avengers in formation,
1942.
27.2 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0064
Photographer unknown. USS Lexington,
1943.
49.7 x 59.8 cm (image); 51 x 60.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0065
Iannelli, Alfonso. Off Duty in Crew’s
Quarters on the Yorktown,
1943.
27 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.3 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0066
Kerlee, Charles. Hangar Deck of the USS
Yorktown,
1943.
27.3 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.3 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0067
Steichen, Edward. German U-Boat under US
attack,
1943-1944.
27.2 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0068
Photographer unknown. German sub under
attack by carrier planes,
1943.
49.8 x 59.5 cm (image); 50.8 x 60.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0069
Photographer unknown. U-Boat Sailors Cringe
from Depth Bomb,
1943.
27.2 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0070
Steichen, Edward. Surfaced for a Look-See,
1943.
27 x 27.2 cm (image); 35.6 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0071
Photographer unknown. Squadron of Dauntless
dive bombers,
1943.
26.5 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0072
Steichen, Edward. Mecs Get Busy—Overhaul and
“Slick ‘em Up” Again,
1943.
27.2 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0073
Photographer unknown. USS Tennessee,
1943.
27.2 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0074
Photographer unknown. Fletcher-class
destroyer,
1943.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0075
Photographer unknown. Preparing to launch,
1943.
26.5 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0076
Photographer unknown. Dauntless on the USS
Independence,
1943.
27.4 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0077
Steichen, Edward. The Torpedo Bombers are
Given a Final Briefing,
1943.
34.1 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0078
Steichen, Edward. How He Got Two Zeros,
1943.
28.2 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0079
Photographer unknown. Fighter planes in
formation,
1943.
26.6 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0080
January, Jesse. Survivors,
1943-1944.
34.2 x 27.2 cm (image); 35.3 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0081
Photographer unknown. Japanese light cruiser
burning,
1943-1945.
26.7 x 30.5 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0082
Photographer unknown. Unidentified subject,
1943-1945.
26.7 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0083
Photographer unknown. Sailors learning about
new machinery,
1943-1945.
26.1 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0084
Photographer unknown. Observation scout
aircraft,
1943-1945.
26.7 x 34.3 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0085
Photographer unknown. Japanese plane falls
into the ocean,
1943-1945.
31.4 x 27.4 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0086
Miller, Wayne F. Battle Casualties,
1943.
28.6 x 26.7 cm (image); 36.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0087
Photographer unknown. Pilot suited up in
ready room,
1943-1945.
27.7 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0088
Photographer unknown. Flight deck crewman on
break,
1943-1945.
25.9 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0089
Photographer unknown. Two sailors,
1943-1945.
27.7 x 27.3 cm (image); 35.7 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 6
974:0255:0090
Photographer unknown. Loading photography
equipment onto aircraft,
1943-1945.
26.5 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.9 x 36.2 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0091
Steichen, Edward. Aerial view of native
canoes,
1943-1945.
26.5 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0092
Photographer unknown. Japanese carrier under
attack,
1942.
26.7 x 34.4 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0093
Photographer unknown. Submarine control
room,
1943-1945.
34.3 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0094
Photographer unknown. Carrier spotted from
U.S. battleship,
1943-1945.
27.2 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0095
Photographer unknown. Hellcats on deck,
1943-1945.
26.9 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0096
Photographer unknown. Pilots ready room,
1943-1945.
26.2 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.4 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0097
Photographer unknown. Pilots in ready room,
1943-1945.
27.6 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0098
Photographer unknown. Japanese cruiser under
attack,
1943-1945.
26.6 x 31.3 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0099
Photographer unknown. Aircraft plunging into
the ocean,
1943-1945.
27.1 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0100
Photographer unknown. Aircraft plunging into
the ocean,
1943-1945.
27.1 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0101
January, Jesse. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
Spencer,
1943.
27.3 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0102
Photographer unknown. Japanese patrol boat
hit,
1943-1945.
27.2 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0103
Photographer unknown. Burning ship,
1943-1945.
22.7 x 34.2 cm (image); 28 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0104
Photographer unknown. Sinking naval vessel,
1943-1945.
26.8 x 35.3 cm (image); 28 x 36.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0105
Jorgensen, Victor. Pilots in the Ready Room
of the USS Monterey,
1944.
26.7 x 27.8 cm (image); 27.8 x 36.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0106
Photographer unknown. Hellcat fighters in
formation,
1943-1945.
26.4 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.7 x 35.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0107
Photographer unknown. SBD Dauntless bombers,
1943-1945.
34.3 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0108
Photographer unknown. Carrier flight deck,
1943-1945.
26.9 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.7 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0109
Photographer unknown. Landing signal
officers,
1943-1945.
34.3 x 27.3 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0110
Photographer unknown. Landing signal
officer,
1943-1945.
26.7 x 26.3 cm (image); 27.8 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0111
Photographer unknown. Avengers on deck,
1943-1945.
27.2 x 26.8 cm (image); 36.1 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0112
Photographer unknown. Avengers and Wildcats
warming up,
1943-1945.
26.9 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0113
Photographer unknown. Carrier pilots,
1943-1945.
27.9 x 27.2 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0114
Photographer unknown. Pilots describing
combat to each other,
1943-1945.
28 x 26.5 cm (image); 35.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0115
Photographer unknown. Bombing raid,
1943.
33.4 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0116
Photographer unknown. Vanishing Empire,
1943-1944.
49.8 x 59.5 cm (image); 51 x 60.8 cm (sheet).
Flat File
974:0255:0117
Photographer unknown. Vanishing Empire,
1943-1944.
49 x 59.1 cm (image/sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0118
Steichen, Edward. Battleships from above,
1943-1945.
49.9 x 59.9 cm (image); 51 x 60.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0119
Photographer unknown. Casualties in ship’s
compartment,
1943-1945.
27.2 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0120
Photographer unknown. Japanese “Jill”
Attacks U.S. Carrier (1 of 4),
1944.
26.6 x 35 cm (image); 27.9 x 36.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0121
Photographer unknown. Japanese “Jill”
Attacks U.S. Carrier (2 of 4),
1944.
28.1 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 7
974:0255:0122
Photographer unknown. Japanese “Jill”
Attacks U.S. Carrier (3 of 4),
1944.
27.1 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0123
Dorsey, Paul. Plasma for Wounded,
1944.
27.4 x 26.7 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0124
Photographer unknown. Guam Bombardment,
1944.
26.4 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0125
Dorsey, Paul. Grave of an Unknown U.S.
Marine,
1944.
28.2 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.4 x 28.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0126
Photographer unknown. USS Enterprise under
attack,
1944-1945.
26.8 x 35 cm (image); 28 x 36.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0127
Photographer unknown. USS Enterprise under
attack,
1944-1945.
26.8 x 34.9 cm (image); 27.9 x 36.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0128
Photographer unknown. USS Enterprise under
attack,
1944-1945.
26.7 x 35 cm (image); 27.9 x 36.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0129
Photographer unknown. USS Enterprise under
attack,
1944-1945.
27.1 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0130
Photographer unknown. USS Enterprise under
attack,
1944-1945.
27.1 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0131
Photographer unknown. Aircraft flying over
the USS Enterprise,
1944-1945.
33.5 x 26.6 cm (image); 36.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0132
Photographer unknown. Japanese battleship
hit by torpedo,
1944-1945.
34.1 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.5 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0133
Photographer unknown. Battle Report,
1944.
51.1 x 49.9 cm (image); 60.8 x 51 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0134
Photographer unknown. LCI rocket attack,
1944.
27.1 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0135
Photographer unknown. Rocket Burst, Peleliu,
1944.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0136
Photographer unknown. Rocket Burst, Peleliu,
1944.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0137
Bristol, Horace. Battleship Iowa Firing,
1944.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0138
Bristol, Horace. Battleship Iowa Firing,
1944.
27.4 x 34 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0139
Miller, Wayne F. USS Princeton burning,
1944.
26.7 x 34.3 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0140
Munde, James C.W. Sand Bags for Gun
Emplacements on a Beach at Leyte, P.I.,
1944.
27 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.2 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0141
Ortiz, L. Battle for Leyte Gulf,
1944.
26.7 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0142
Photographer unknown. The Cruiser San Diego
passes a carrier,
1944.
27.9 x 26.5 cm (image); 35.6 x 27.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0143
Photographer unknown. Ship crashes waves,
1944.
34.3 x 27.3 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0144
Photographer unknown. German U-Boat sinking,
1944.
49.9 x 60 cm (image); 51 x 60.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0145
Photographer unknown. Kamikaze Crashes on
the Flight Deck of the Essex,
1944.
27.2 x 34.3 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0146
Miller, Wayne F. Raid Coming Up,
1944.
27.7 x 27.3 cm (image); 35.4 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0147
Steichen, Edward. Carrier and cruiser under
attack,
1944.
26.7 x 34.1 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0148
Photographer unknown. Japanese “Judy”
bombers on the offensive,
1944-1945.
28.6 x 26.6 cm (image); 36.3 x 28 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0149
Photographer unknown. Japanese “Judy”
bombers on the offensive,
1944-1945.
28.6 x 26.6 cm (image); 36.3 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0150
Photographer unknown. Carrier under air
attack,
1944.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0151
Photographer unknown. Yamato-class
battleship burning,
1944.
26.5 x 26.8 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 8
974:0255:0152
Photographer unknown. Casualty brought back
to the ship,
1944-1945.
26.8 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0153
Photographer unknown. Damaged Hellcat
returns to carrier,
1944-1945.
26.2 x 26.6 cm (image); 35.4 x 27.7 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0154
Photographer unknown. Carrier takes a hit,
1944-1945.
27.2 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0155
Photographer unknown. Japanese ship under
attack,
1944-1945.
34.4 x 27.1 cm (image); 35.6 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0156
Photographer unknown. Nighttime rocket
attack and detonation,
1944-1945.
27.2 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0157
Photographer unknown. Japanese cargo ship
burning,
1944.
17 x 34.1 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0158
Photographer unknown. Carrier and cruiser
under air attack,
1944.
26.8 x 34.2 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0159
Photographer unknown. View of battleships
under air attack from carrier,
1944.
35.6 x 27.8 cm (image); 34.5 x 26.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0160
Photographer unknown. Japanese carrier under
air attack,
1944.
27 x 33.3 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0161
Photographer unknown. Japanese carrier under
attack,
1944.
27.2 x 34.4 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0162
Kerlee, Charles. Field operations,
1945.
27.2 x 30 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0163
Photographer unknown. Landing craft infantry
vessels,
1944-1945.
26.9 x 34.2 cm (image); 28 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0164
Photographer unknown. Kamikaze Hit,
1945.
31.9 x 26.9 cm (image); 35.4 x 28.1 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 11
974:0255:0165
Kerlee, Charles. Kamikaze’s End, Off Ryukyu
Islands,
1945.
60.6 x 49.8 cm (image); 60.8 x 50.9 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0166
Photographer unknown. Incoming Kamikazes,
1945.
17.9 x 17.4 cm (image); 25.3 x 20.8 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0167
Steichen, Edward. Fighting fires on the USS
Franklin,
1944.
27.1 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0168
Photographer unknown. Last Rites aboard USS
Franklin,
1945.
27.2 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.4 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0169
Photographer unknown. Ernie Pyle with the
Fleet,
1945.
34.4 x 20.4 cm (image); 35.5 x 28.5 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0170
Photographer unknown. Yontan Night Fighters,
1945.
26.1 x 34.3 cm (image); 28.5 x 35.6 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0171
Photographer unknown. Kamikaze attack,
1945.
26.6 x 35 cm (image); 27.9 x 36.3 cm (sheet).
Steichen, E., Box 9
974:0255:0172
Steichen, Edward. Marine Graves on Iwo,
1945.
23.4 x 34.2 cm (image); 28.4 x 35.6 cm (sheet).