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TAI SING LOO Original Photo PEARL HARBOR NAVY YARD MESS HALL Xmas Prep 1943 WWII

TAI SING LOO Original Photo PEARL HARBOR NAVY YARD MESS HALL Xmas Prep 1943 WWII

$ 13.17

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Original 5x7" Print in Overall Excellent Vintage Condition. Please Examine Scan.
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    This is one of many great vintage & antique items I'm currently listing from various estates. Please take a look at my other merchandise at your leisure.
    You are bidding on:
    Navy Sailors in the Mess Hall
    at the
    Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor
    Original Photographic Print
    by
    Tai Sing Loo
    Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
    ~ Christmas 1943 ~
    Photo shows small group of sailors in a mess hall at the Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor. By the look of things - this might be the men prepping for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day dinner. One cook holds two freshly baked pies. The men pictured are (at least in part) workers, cooks and butchers from the Commissary.
    This
    Tai Sing Loo
    photo was saved by a sailor who worked as a butcher at the Commissary in the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. He served in the Navy from June '43 to Nov '45. I am also listing other photos by Tai Sing Loo including photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, of
    Breakers
    Navy Beach Club on Waikiki, and of the Commissary where this sailor worked as cook and butcher.
    Tai Sing Loo
    (1886-1971) was a photographer of Pearl Harbor and many sporting events in Hawaii. From 1909 to 1918, he worked with the Gurrey studio. From 1919 until his retirement in 1949, he served as an official Navy photographer. In that capacity, he photographed the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and the battleships, and recorded VIP visits, funerals and recreational events. He also photographed for the Inter-Island Steamship Company and was an accomplished landscape photographer. Some of his well-known photographs include many of Duke Kahanamoku, Pearl Harbor before and after the bombing, celebrities and presidential visits to Hawaii. Loo also helped to break the Japanese Codes that were put into false newspaper advertisements that detailed when the attack would occur and the formations of the planes for the attack.
    Photo Measures Approx 5 x 7 Inches.
    In Excellent Vintage Condition.
    Please see photos for further details
    Thanks for Looking and Good Luck Bidding
    SW4JC