Henry Strauss with rifle standing in canoe, Guadalcanal, circa 1942
black-and-white photograph
PHOTOGRAPHSSOLOMON ISLANDS, Guadalcanal (province), Guadalcanal (island)
circa 1942
emulsion on paper
overall: 2-1/8 x 3-1/4 in.
Photograph; black-and-white photograph of Henry Strauss with rifle, standing in the bow of a canoe, Guadalcanal, circa 1942; Henry Strauss, shirtless with helmet on, is standing in a canoe in a river in Guadalcanal, another sailor is standing in the stern with a canoe paddle in hand; from Henry Strauss transcript in Sound Archives: "Oh, that’s me. That’s surveying. We were going up a little river on Guadalcanal. And it was after Guadalcanal was relatively safe." Related to 2004.64 and 2004.197.
2004.81.86