Sailors Dancing Hornpipe Battleship Nelson Panama City 1931 VTG Photo For Sale

This is a silver gelatin photograph that is unmounted and is 10 x 8 inches (254x203mm).

It shows a group of sailors in white uniforms performing a synchronized hornpipe dance on the wooden deck of a large warship. Several dancers have their arms folded across their chests with one leg raised, while a large crowd of fellow sailors watches the performance. The massive superstructure of the battleship towers in the background.

The reverse has a typed caption slip reading 'A Real Sadlor Hornpipe---- Panama City, Panama... A Real Sailor And A Real Horn-pipe Are Here Being Contributed To The Festivitiess Aboard The British Battleship "Nelson" While American Sailors Look On With Approval. The Nelson Is Visiting Here, While The Combined Atlantic And Pacific Fleets Of The U.S. Navy Have Been Carrying Out Maneuvers In Southern Waters.' A date code at the bottom of the slip reads 'PS-3-5-31'. There is a purple stamp for 'International News Photos, Inc.' at '235 East 45th Street, New York City', along with usage restrictions. A handwritten annotation in ink reads 'Marine U.S.A'.

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