ORIGINAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER COLOR TRANSPARENCY – NOT A REPRODUCTION

Offered is an original U.S. Navy color transparency bearing Navy Photographic Center file number K-12235, dated May 16, 1952. This transparency comes directly from an official Naval Photographic Center archive group and retains its original identification materials.

The image depicts a Navy food service or galley operation with personnel preparing or displaying food within a military facility. Such operational photographs were created for official Navy documentation, training, historical recordkeeping, and internal publication purposes.

Included with this lot:

• Original U.S. Navy color transparency

• Original Navy Photographic Center identification sleeve

• Original archival envelope associated with file K-12235

• Official Naval Photographic Center provenance

Visible on the original sleeve:

• Naval Photographic Center

• Naval Station, Washington D.C.

• File Number K-12235

• Date: May 16, 1952

• “Not For Publication Unless Officially Released”

This is an authentic Cold War-era U.S. Navy photographic artifact and an excellent addition to collections focused on:

• U.S. Navy history

• Military photography

• Naval food service history

• Cold War archives

• Government photographic records

• Original military transparencies

Condition is consistent with age and archival storage. Please examine all photographs carefully for condition details.

You will receive the exact transparency, sleeve, and associated archival materials shown.