Bing Crosby reading newspaper, Seattle, 1942

• 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

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.