- Image ID
- HB-07282-D
- Headline
- Sailors watching manufacturing activity in Army-Navy E Award Ceremony
- Date Depicted
- February 4, 1943
- Date Created
- February 4, 1943
- Creator
- Hedrich-Blessing
- Creator Role
- photographer
- Artwork/Object Depicted
- black-and-white negatives
- Copyright Notice
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2015, all rights reserved
- Credit Line
- HB-07282-D, Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
- Inventory Number
- 1991.505
- Storage Location
- Hedrich-Blessing Collection
- Max Pixels - Height
- 2287
- Max Pixels - Width
- 2982
- KEYWORDS
- Chicago (Ill.)
built environment
people
architecture
Crane Company
armed forces
sailors
soldiers
factories & plants
manufacturing
patriotism
WWII
World War, 1939-1945
military personnel
workers
Army-Navy E Award
Army-Navy Production Award
United States. Army
United States. Navy
1991.505
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)
hb07282d

Two navy officers watching a Crane Company worker operating manufacturing machine at the Army-Navy E Award Ceremony held at the Crane Company Plant in Chicago, Illinois, February 4, 1943. Photographed for Crane Company. Military personnel visited the factory during the ceremony celebrating Crane Company's Army-Navy E Award, which honored excellence in the production of military equipment during the Second World War.