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Title
Maritime Service insignia's
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1944
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Seaman Jack Sperzel points to Maritime Service Insignia confiscated from illegal wearers. The Maritime shore patrol also keeps an eye on seamen who "promote themselves" by buying insignia for higher ranks ribbons. Photo dated: May 9, 1944.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00045556
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 9443.
CARL0000049599
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15946
Subject
Merchant marine--United States
Merchant mariners--Insignia
Merchant mariners
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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