The Snapshots in Time Collection
Photograph Verso with Ship Identification Stamp, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), October 10, 1945
The reverse of an official U.S. Navy photograph, stamped 'OCT 10 1945' and identifying the escort carrier USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). Such stamps allowed Navy photographic units to catalog images by ship and date, a practice that preserves valuable context for archival research today. Project: 218460