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1973 Official U.S. Navy Photograph – Sailboat Near Athens, Greece at Sunset
Striking black-and-white photographic print depicting a solitary sailboat silhouetted against the sunlit Mediterranean Sea near Athens, Greece.
The photograph retains its official U.S. Navy Naval Photographic Center identification and release caption on the reverse.
The caption identifies:
GREECE....A SAILBOAT OFF THE COAST NEAR ATHENS AT T. Milton Putnam
Navy Identification
Naval Photographic Center
Naval Station, Washington, D.C. 20390
Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Date: REC'D 2-73
Unit: AFCFG-NAPLES
The caption is also Paper
The photograph is printed on Kodak photographic paper, with the repeating Kodak manufacturer's backprint visible on the reverse.
The Navy identification/release caption is a physically separate caption attached to the reverse of the Kodak photographic print.
The exact attachment method—adhesive-backed or taped—has not been determined, so it is being left exactly as found.
Dating
The Navy caption records the photograph as:
REC'D 2-73
indicating it was received in February 1973.
This is being described as a period U.S. Navy photographic print associated with a 1973 Naval Photographic Center vintage photographic condition with normal age, handling and storage wear.
Condition includes:
Light surface scratches/scuffs
Small spots/marks
Minor edge/corner wear
Light photographic-paper curvature
Normal age/storage wear
Attached Navy caption has age toning and wear
Kodak manufacturer's backprint remains visible
Navy caption remains readable
Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition.
The exact photograph pictured is included.
