The Snapshots in Time Collection

Verso Stamp: 'Official Photograph — Not to Be Used for Publication,' Bureau of Aeronautics — USS Petrof Bay Collection

Verso Stamp: 'Official Photograph — Not to Be Used for Publication,' Bureau of Aeronautics — USS Petrof Bay Collection

The back of an official U.S. Navy photograph from the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) collection, stamped 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH — NOT TO BE USED FOR PUBLICATION BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS.' Stamps like this controlled the release of Navy imagery to the press during and after World War II, and their presence helps historians authenticate original service photographs. Project: 218449