The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: NEGATIVES WWII KESSLER GEN EISEN 1946
Negatives from the Kessler collection record American military life in 1946, from B-17 Flying Fortresses and Air Transport Command aircraft at Keesler Field to Quonset-hut airfields, Army camps in occupied Europe, and a general officer reviewing troops. The images capture the transition from wartime operations to peacetime occupation duty.
General Officer Reviewing Troops, Possibly Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1946 -- Kessler Collection
Handwritten Caption Card: 'Air Force Day 1946, Keesler Field, Miss.'
Twin-Engine USAAF Aircraft (Douglas A-26 Invader type) on Airfield Ramp, Kessler Field, 1946
Sidewalk Café Beneath Shade Trees, European Town Square, 1946
Douglas C-54 Skymaster "Sunflower II" on Airfield Apron, circa 1946
B-17 Flying Fortress on Airfield Ramp, Keesler Field, Mississippi, 1946 (Double-Exposed Negative)
USAAF Flight Crew Group Portrait Beside Aircraft, 1946
Whitewashed Rural Farmhouse with Stone Wall, Mediterranean/European Countryside, 1946
Twin-Engine Transport Aircraft on Airfield Apron, European Theater, 1946
Officers on Airfield Tarmac, Possibly Keesler Field, 1946
Senior U.S. Officer Greeting Airmen at European Base, Possibly General Eisenhower, 1946
P-51-type Fighter 'Lt Abbot' Undergoing Hangar Maintenance, Keesler Field, 1946
Serviceman Seated in Military Utility Truck at Camp with Nissen Huts, 1946
Douglas C-54 Skymaster Transport Aircraft on Tarmac, Keesler Field, 1946
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers on Airfield Tarmac, Postwar 1946
Elevated View of Military Encampment in Agricultural Valley, Far East, 1946
Serviceman with Numbered Crash/Rescue Boat "233" on Trailer, Keesler Field, 1946
Military Reception Line and Transport Aircraft, Kessler Field, 1946
Staff Cars and Officers at a Military Installation, 1946
U.S. Navy Motor Launch No. 233 on Trailer with Serviceman, Military Installation, 1946
U.S. Army Camp with Barracks and Soldier on Road, Occupied Europe, 1946
Airfield with Twin-Engine Transport and Quonset Huts, Kessler Collection, 1946
Airman Posing Before B-17 Flying Fortress Bombers, Postwar 1946
Military Officers Assembled Beside Transport Aircraft During Formal Arrival, Keesler Field, 1946
Airman Peering Over External Aircraft Fuel Tank with Stenciled Maintenance Instructions, Keesler Field, 1946
Airfield Buildings with Quonset Hut, Likely Azores Air Base, 1946
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on the Ramp, Kessler Field, 1946
Crowd of Servicemen Awaiting Arrival Near Staff Cars and Rail Car, Kessler/Eisenhower Collection, 1946
