Title
Tucker's Pressing Shop
Description
A black and white photo of Warren Tucker using an electric iron to press a uniform. A note on the back of the photo reads: "Tucker's Pressing Shop, $5.00 Per Uniform".
Collection
Warren Tucker Collection
Context
Warren "Bill" Tucker was a Photographers Mate in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Warren Tucker Collection.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Warren Tucker Collection.
Accession #
2024.3
