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Washington, D.C. 1941-44(?). Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the US Maritime Commission – Antique Wall Art

Washington, D.C. 1941-44(?). Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the US Maritime Commission, [between 1941 and 1944?] — historic photograph
Washington, D.C. 1941-44(?). Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the US Maritime Commission, [between 1941 and 1944?]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Washington, D.C. 1941-44(?). Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the US Maritime Commission, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Washington, D.C. 1941-44(?). Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the US Maritime Commission

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Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, a naval officer who chaired the U.S. Maritime Commission, is the subject of this portrait taken in Washington, D.C. The record dates it only to roughly 1941 through 1944, so the exact sitting is unconfirmed. Those years were the peak of the wartime buildup, when the commission oversaw the rapid expansion of American merchant shipbuilding, including the mass-produced Liberty ships that supplied Allied forces overseas. The photograph was made by the commission's own staff, which makes it a record of how the agency presented its leader during that effort.

Created / published[between 1941 and 1944?]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by U.S. Maritime Commission. No. 2567. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Photog. I.; Shelf. d OCat. Land, Emory Scott, 1879- .
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,227 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140008

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