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1934
Album 283
GUSN-316356
Small 8 x 5 1/2 inch album with 19 black and white photographs, mostly 3x 5 inches. Album documents welcoming of the naval fleet to Provincetown and the official ceremony on Navy Day, July 14, 1934. First page of album says" United States Naval Fleet in Provincetown, MA July 12-1934-August 12, 1934. Governor Joseph B. Ely officially welcoming Fleet to Massachusetts waters July 13, 1934. Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell, commanding. compliments of William J. Fitzgerald." Features Governor and Mrs. Jospeh B. Ely and Rear Admiral Campbell. Very nice quality with calligraphy labelling the photographs. Many taken on the USS Indianapolis, which famously sank in 1945.
battleships
admirals
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
album number 283
1 photograph album; 7 1/2 x 5 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
2016
PC009.283
Gift
Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
photograph albums
black-and-white prints (photographs)
Governor Joseph B. Ely
Rear Admiral Edward H. Campbell
Military
Provincetown, MA
United States Naval Fleet
USS Indianapolis
Item
Album 283
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