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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate Photographs [Brownley]

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2019.0052
Creators:
Brownley, Eunice L. Brownson, 1919-2014
Dates:
Circa late 1945
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
0.01 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
This collection consists of two black and white photographs taken by Eunice L. Brownson Brownley on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, circa late 1945.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of two black and white photographs taken by Eunice L. Brownson Brownley on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, circa late 1945. The first photograph, which measures approximately 4.5 x 2.75 inches, shows the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate
Enola Gay
. The second, which measures approximately 5.25 x 3.5 inches, shows the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate
Up An' Atom
, and the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate
The Great Artiste
is also partially visible.

Arrangement

Arrangement
This collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Tinian Island, part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, fell to the Japanese after World War I. It was captured by the United States on June 15, 1944. From December 1944 until the end of World War II, the island served as an airbase for Boeing B-29s. It was the loading point for atomic weapons onto the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate
Enola Gay
.
Eunice L. Brownson Brownley (1919-2014) was a registered nurse who served in the U. S. Army Nurse Corps from January 1945 until May 1946. During this time, Brownson was stationed on Tinian, and later in Kyoto, Japan.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
David van Esselstyn, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0052.
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2019.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Silverplate Photographs [Brownley], NASM.2019.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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