[Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Mrs. Nimitz, Rear Adm. Bertram Rodgers and Mrs. Rodgers view a portrait of Adm. Nimitz at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park]

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Local identifier: AAA-7722
Title: [Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Mrs. Nimitz, Rear Adm. Bertram Rodgers and Mrs. Rodgers view a portrait of Adm. Nimitz at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park]
Date: 1951 Jan. 19
Issuance: monographic
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Note: Folder: S.F. Parks - Golden Gate - De Young Museum - 1950- - Interiors.
Newscopy: "Portraits of two San Francisco naval commanders were placed today in the De Young Museum, with the flesh and blood counterparts of the paintings present for the ceremony. Standing before a portrait of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz are, left to right, Rear Adm. Bertram Rodgers, Mrs. Nimitz, Adm. Nimitz and Mrs. Rodgers. The scene in the portrait shows the admiral standing aboard the flagship Missouri in Tokyo Bay at the signing of the truce ending World War II. At the right of the portrait can be seen Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Adm. Rodgers' portrait also was placed in the museum. The paintings are part of a Navy exhibit being shown throughout the country. They will be at the De Young Museum a month."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Subject Name: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Bibliographic Number: .b10028237
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:117811