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[Francis Milville Benjamin collection of U.S. Navy photographs].
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[Francis Milville Benjamin collection of U.S. Navy photographs]Creator/Contributor:
Benjamin, Francis Milville, creator, creator.Abstract:
Chiefly snapshots documenting Benjamin's long career in the United States Navy, including both the First World War and Second
World War. Photographs document activities and scenes on various ships, including the U.S.S. Mongolia, U.S.S. Melville and
U.S.S. Hornet; numerous U.S. Navy personnel; pre-war Pearl Harbor; Panama Canal; various ports of call; and other naval subjects.
Also includes studio portraits of the Benjamin and Wise families, among others; Y.M.C.A. football scenes; a few photographs
pertaining to shipwrecks (including one of the Honda Point disaster of 1923). Also includes various official U.S. Navy papers
pertaining to Benjamin's service, and a group of correspondence and other personal papers pertaining to a Benjamin; Alfred
Colwell, a relative of Francis; and Patrick Murray, Roswell Skeel, James L. Clark, George D. McLean, all of Washington state,
whose relationships are undetermined. Also includes a U.S. Navy publication pertaining to the first war cruise (1943-1945)
of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet, and a 1932 map of the Elizabeth Lake quadrangle (in B folder).
Date:
1880 (issued)Subject:
n-us---Warships -- United States -- Photographs
Sailors -- United States -- Photographs
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
Shipwrecks -- Photographs
Navires de guerre -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Marins -- États-Unis -- Photographies
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945
Naufrages -- Photographies
Sailors
Shipwrecks
Warships
United States
United States. -- Navy -- Pictorial works
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV 12)
États-Unis. -- Navy -- Ouvrages illustrés
Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV 12)
United States. -- Navy
Benjamin, Francis Milville -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Collected by Francis Milville Benjamin.
Numerous photographers, chiefly unidentified.
Many photographs printed as postcards.
Includes a few folders of military and personal papers (in PIC box 2 and AX folders 4-5).
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Purchase; From Zephyr ; 2014.
Preferred citation: Francis Milville Benjamin collection of U.S. Navy photographs, BANC PIC 2014.064, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphiccorrespondence.
Military papers.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Postcards.
Physical Description:
photoprint
Approximately 270 photographs in 2 boxes and 6 oversize folders : chiefly silver gelatin prints ; 48 x 50 cm or smaller
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.