(Note the “Navy Y.M.C.A.” banner, mentioned in his log.) Navy’s summer base for the Pacific (“Asiatic”) Fleet, the Chinese port city of Chefoo (now Yantai), near the Korean peninsula.įred Verrillo also used his camera to freeze in time what he saw that day on the streets of Chefoo. In June, 1925, his ship docked at the U.S. He recorded the ordinary experiences of daily life in the Navy. The Sailor, Fred Verrillo, gives a hint how something personal becomes historical – and how the museum’s archival collection benefits from donations. One Sailor, a yeoman aboard the USS McCormick (DD-223) and the USS Black Hawk (AD-9) took advantage of his access to a typewriter and a camera to record his observations from 1924-1926. Sometimes, it’s the most ordinary items that grab our attention. But how do these items become “historical” and end up in the archives of the National Museum of the American Sailor? Navy Sailors – a football, a jersey, some snapshots, a written account of an adventure. Sailor’s Attic has dug up some interesting things that used to belong to U.S. How do we know? We ran out of pins.Įditorial Note: the Colorful Characters exhibit closed in March 2017.įor information about the National Museum of the American Sailor visit our website and our Facebook page. Though we’re still trying to assess the whole Colorful Characters exhibit, this portion has been a big success. They can design their own liberty cuff and pin it to our magnetic mural map. We decided to focus on these souvenir liberty cuffs and ask visitors what a liberty cuff from their hometown might look like. And many were souvenirs of the ports Sailors visited. Others highlighted rates such as SeaBees or SNIPES. Some were pretty straight forward, featuring American Flags or Neptune. The liberty cuffs were sewed into the underside of the uniform jumper cuffs so they were only visible when the sleeves were rolled up. A major fashion trend among sailors was purchasing patches, known as liberty cuffs, from foreign ports. As a whole, the exhibit discusses the history of Sailors altering their uniforms for fashion or for function. There is one component of our new Colorful Characters exhibit that’s easy for us to assess, though. So, it’s tough to know what people think and feel about an exhibit. And you can’t click “share” on an exhibit panel. How do you know if a museum exhibit is successful? There’s no “like” button underneath each artifact.
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