photograph

Object number:

H96.1.2142

Object name:

photograph

Date made:

November 11, 1942

Material/Technique:

gelatin silver

Dimensions:

H: 7.25 in, W: 8.25 in

Credit line:

The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.

In Copyright

Oakland Museum of California

Content description:

Clipping on the back, November 11, 1942-- "Romeo T. Gilardi, Moore Shipyard sign painter, touches up a huge eye similar to those he paints on the bows of Moore cargo vessels as an omen for safe passage. -Tribune photo." Photo shows Gilardi wearing painters overalls and cap with a long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows. He is holding a paintbrush in his right hand and is working on a large eye painted on the side of a ship. Several paint cans are sitting on a piece of wood in front of him.

Concepts:

paint can; ship; eye; World War II; painter

Places:

Acorn Industrial neighborhood, Oakland

Persons:

Romeo Gilardi

Organizations:

Moore Dry Dock Co.

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