Resource Type

[Negative of a Sailor Sitting on Edge of a Boat]

Negative of a sailor sitting with his arm resting on his knee while on the edge of a boat. He is wearing a white t-shirt, pants, white tennis shoes, sunglasses and a watch. To the right is a sail, and at his feet are two wooden oars.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of Ralph Sprinkle Posing on Evaleeta]

Negative of Ralph Sprinkle sitting on the bow edge of the Evaleeta in a white t-shirt, dark pants rolled to his calf and a pair of sunglasses. His knees are bent, and he drapes an arm over the one on the far side.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Sailor on the Evaleeta Jacob's Ladder]

Negative of a man on the Jacob's ladder aboard the Evaleeta. He is dressed in a white t-shirt and dark pants rolled up at the ankles. Behind him is a large sail.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Sailor Standing on the Edge of a Boat]

Negative of a sailor standing on the edge of a boat. He is wearing a white t-shirt, pants, a belt and dark sunglasses. To his right is a sail, and at his feet are two wooden oars.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Sailor Standing on Evaleeta's Ropes]

Negative of a man in a white t-shirt and underwear balancing on the ropes coming off Evaleeta's bowsprit.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Man Taking a Picture of Bird]

Negative of a man taking a picture of a white bird perched in a bush on his left. He stands on the right in a white t-shirt, shorts, a utility belt, glasses and watch with a camera in hand.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Man With a Bird]

Negative of a man taunting a white bird to his left with a stick held above its head. He is wearing a white t-shirt, shorts, a utility belt and glasses. Around his neck is a camera.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Man Reaching Up to a Bird]

Negative of a man standing on the left reaching towards a white bird perched on a tree branch to his right. The man is wearing a white t-shirt, shorts and a utility belt.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negative of a Man in Underwear Holding a Fish]

Negative of a man crouching down on board the Evaleeta in his white underwear and glasses holding up a large fish.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailor Poses on the Evaleeta]

Photograph Ralph Sprinkle sitting in a white t-shirt and rolled up pants with his arms crossed over his propped-up knee. He is sitting underneath a large sail and the bowsprit is just barely visible behind him.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailor on Jacob's Ladder]

Photograph of a man on the Jacob's ladder aboard the Evaleeta. He is dressed in a white t-shirt and dark pants rolled up at the ankles. Behind him is a large sail.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man in Underwear Holding a Fish]

Photograph of a man crouching down on board the Evaleeta in his white underwear and glasses holding up a large fish.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph Sprinkle Walking Along Evaleeta's Deck]

Photograph taken on the deck of the Evaleeta showing Ralph Sprinkle walking in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him another sailor in shirtless and standing underneath a clothesline of hanging laundry. There are also two sailors sitting side by side on the ship's railing. The deck itself has barrels, tires ropes and buckets strew around. On the right side in the background is a hilly landmass.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailor Turned Towards Sail]

Photograph of a man on the Evaleeta. He is turned away from the camera in a long-sleeved shirt and dark pants with one of his hands pulling on a rope coming off the large sail in front of him.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Sailor Standing on Evaleeta's Ropes]

Photograph of a man in a white t-shirt and underwear balancing on the ropes coming off Evaleeta's bowsprit.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph Sprinkle Posing on Evaleeta]

Photograph of Ralph Sprinkle sitting on the bow edge of the Evaleeta in a white t-shirt, dark pants rolled to his calf and a pair of sunglasses. His knees are bent, and he drapes an arm over the one on the far side.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front and Deck View of the Evaleeta]

Photograph of the Evaleeta taken from the bowsprit showing the front of the ship and its deck with three sailors visible. The one closet to the camera is presumably Ralph Sprinkle sitting near the bow in a white t-shirt and dark pants. Behind him is a shirtless sailor with his back turned and even further back a man in a long-sleeved shirt and cap is sitting hunched over.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Johnston Island]

Photograph of an aerial shot of Johnston Island.
Date: August 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Evaleeta's Bowsprit and Sails, #1]

Photograph of the bow of the Evaleeta taken from above showing the bowsprit protruding from the front and two of the smaller sails.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sail and Deck of the Evaleeta]

Photograph of a sail and the deck of the Evaleeta taken from above.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailor Stands on Bowsprit of Evaleeta]

Photograph of a sailor standing barefoot on the Bowsprit of the Evaleeta. He is wearing a light-colored collared shirt and shorts. Behind him is a large sail.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph Sprinkle on Bowsprit of Evaleeta, #1]

Photograph of Ralph Sprinkle in a white t-shirt and shorts on the edge of the Evaleeta's bowsprit. He is holding onto the ropes connected to the sail behind him and leaning back. The background consists of open ocean.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sailors Offloading a Vehicle from a Dinghy]

Photograph of several men in white shirts and shorts wading in water around a small dinghy offloading a motor vehicle. Three men stand on the small boat while a man in a long-sleeved uniform and garrison cap sits in the driver's seat of the small car. Several other men surround the vehicle pulling it through the shallow water. In the background there is a beach, trees and mountains.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Caledonia's French Tricolor Flag]

Photograph of the French Tricolor flag in New Caledonia on a beach. Behind the flagpole is a single tree, and two small boats on the ocean.
Date: August 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History