A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter

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A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
Artist/Maker
DateNovember 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (24.1 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 11 15/16 in. (25.4 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.205
On view
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Alternate Titles Pilot through plane, World War II, London
Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "COPYRIGHT PHOT [illeg.] G [illeg.] A / IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. (Tel: RELiance 8922) / LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, S.E.1. / Not to be reproduced to Imperial War Museum / Negative No." upside down on verso at center in purple ink.
Inscribed Verso, top right corner (pencil): "George Rodger"
"11A" on verso at top left corner in red ink.
"Ac 20176" on verso at top left corner in pink ink.
"FCC F 9610" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GR-F-86" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GA II Lo[illeg.] A / Reprod" on verso at center right in pencil.
"[illeg.] 1640" upsidedown on verso at center in pencil.
Hurricane pilots of No. 601 (City of London) Squadron, Exeter
Hurricane pilots of No. 601 (City of London) Squadron, Exeter
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: November 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.203
German gunner's eye view of three Spitfires of No. 610 Squadron, 'attacking' a Blenheim
German gunner's eye view of three Spitfires of No. 610 Squadron, 'attacking' a Blenheim
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: July 24, 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.212
Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Flight-Lieutenant Henry Hensser
Date: November 1939-May 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.206
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Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Bill Owens
Date: 1976 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.72
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Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
At the Livermore Air Show we sit around doing nothing. Everybody coming by wants to talk about stunt flying. Livermore Air Show, Livermore, California, from the series "Leisure"
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Bill Owens
Date: 1977 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.64
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Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.39
The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.43
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Dmitri Baltermants
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Medium: Gelatin silver Estate print
Object number: 2020.9.10
Scientist in pods at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation working for NASA's second human spaceflight program, Project Gemini, St. Louis, Missouri
Scientist in pods at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation working for NASA's second human spaceflight program, Project Gemini, St. Louis, Missouri
Jean Mohr
Date: c. 1961-1966
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.221
Scientist with spacecraft in the background at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation working for NASA's second human spaceflight program, Project Gemini, St. Louis, Missouri
Scientist with spacecraft in the background at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation working for NASA's second human spaceflight program, Project Gemini, St. Louis, Missouri
Jean Mohr
Date: c. 1961-1966
Medium: Ferrotyped gelatin silver print
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