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2014.05 Michele Lee Bordelon Collection

Michele Lee Bordelon Collection
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Title: Michele Lee Bordelon Collection
Caption: Collection photo number: 2014.05.01 - sailors reading mail
Description: Collection of photos from USS Helena (CA 75) from California to Japan in 1951. Images include Change of Command ceremonies, street scenes and landscapes of Hawaii and Japan. Excellent life aboard sea photos consist of: mail call, cooking in the galley, mopping above deck, ship's band, medical, firing guns, mess hall, laundry, getting tattoos & general crew activities
Accession #: 2014
Catalog #: 2014.05
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