Bing Crosby reading newspaper, Seattle, 1942

Crosby is reading the Kodiak Bear from Fort Greely, Alaska, dated June 9, 1942. Headlines include: Dutch Harbor Bombed, U.S. Smears Jap Fleet; Greely-Grown Foods Will Augment Mess; Enemy Force is Blasted by Ships, Planes; QM Goes 100% on War Bonds to Bomb Axis; Glamour Boy Here With New Helmet; Souv...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Singers > Washington (State) > Seattle
Newspapers > Washington (State) > Seattle
World War
1939-1945
Crosby
Bing
1904-1977
Kodiak
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4003
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Summary:Crosby is reading the Kodiak Bear from Fort Greely, Alaska, dated June 9, 1942. Headlines include: Dutch Harbor Bombed, U.S. Smears Jap Fleet; Greely-Grown Foods Will Augment Mess; Enemy Force is Blasted by Ships, Planes; QM Goes 100% on War Bonds to Bomb Axis; Glamour Boy Here With New Helmet; Souvenir-Hunters in Uniform Keep Craftsmen Busy. Handwritten on sleeve: Crosby, Bing, at Victory Square. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 12, 1942. 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.

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