"CATALINA" (PBY) This outstanding long range patrol boat is detecting approach of enemy naval forces, protecting our convoys and sinking U-boats. CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORP., San Diego Division, San Diego, Calif.

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"CATALINA" (PBY) This outstanding long range patrol boat is detecting approach of enemy naval forces, protecting our convoys and sinking U-boats. CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORP., San Diego Division, San Diego, Calif.

Photographer: W. J. Gray (Los Angeles, California)

American

1939–1945

Medium/Technique Real photograph on card stock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2015.13001

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORP., San Diego Division, San Diego, Calif.
Back: divided. Mint.

Signed P/C W. J. GRAY

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)