Happy Valentine’s Day From the Still Picture Branch

by Heather Sulier, posted in Photographs, Still Pictures
Original Caption: “Pfc. Omer Pelletier, 31392497, Lowell, Massachusetts, Quartermaster Corps, Camp Lee, Virginia, and his dog “Snooks” are shown entertaining at the Valentine Party held for the Port personnel and their guests at the Port Gymnasium, HPE, Newport News, Virginia. Official photograph U.S. Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia. February 10, 1945.” 
(Local ID: 336-H-26-E12347, NAID: 138926817)

In celebration of this year’s Valentine’s Day, we would like to share a handful of Valentine-related photographs held in the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives.
Make sure to also check out our previous blog posts from The Unwritten Record for more records related to Valentine’s Day:

Original Caption: “CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. – Astronaut John Glenn receives a Valentine from the Aero Med dietician and a local florist. The second 24-hour delay in launch of MA-6 gave John a break in preparation for his programmed 3 orbit mission. Weather conditions downrange in the recovery areas postponed the mission on Valentine’s Day. For Release: February 15, 1962.”
(Local ID: 255-G-62-MA6-91)
Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Dundrae Lakes, USAF, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Civil Engineering Squadron (AEW CES), Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, reads a valentine during breakfast at the base dining facility. Valentines delivered to the troops by General (GEN) and Mrs. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), during their visit to the Air Base. Elementary school children throughout the United States made the Valentines for the deployed troops. February 19, 2002.
(Local ID: 330-CFD-DF-SD-04-01811.jpeg, NAID: 6626492)
Original Caption: “A valentine candy box brightens the dresser in the bedroom of the Hershal and Mai Shrewbury home near Beckley, West Virginia just outside a coalmining area. He works as an office of economic opportunity supervisor in Raleigh County. He is active in helping with community health services, April 1974”
(Local ID: 412-DA-14023, NAID: 556475)
Left to right, US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Megan Kranenburg, with the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), 1LT John Parrett, from the 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) and Second Lieutenant (2LT) Kate Houston, with the 92nd Services Squadron (SS), Company Grade Officers group, take on the role of Cupid. They perform a complimentary vocal performance for Vanessa Bosshard, wife of Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Kenneth Bosshard, assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron (CS), for Valentine’s Day.
(Local ID: 330-CFD-DF-SD-06-02239.jpeg, NAID: 6659618)
US Air Force (USAF) Master Sergeant (MSGT) Stan Pamphille, 86th Services Squadron (SVS), prepares assorted candies cups for the Valentine’s Day Customer Appreciation Luncheon, inside the Dinning Facility at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany.(Local ID: 330-CFD-DF-SD-04-16954.jpeg, NAID: 6633402)
A sailor returning from a Mediterranean deployment receives an embrace on the pier.
(Local ID: 330-CFD-DN-ST-90-05642.jpeg, NAID: 6455807)
Lieutenant Steven Lee from Herndon, Virginia assigned to the USS MAHAN (DDG 72) gives his fiance, Leanne Delporto a warm embrace, on pier 25 Naval Station, Norfolk.
(Local ID: 330-CFD-DN-SD-03-11117.jpeg, NAID: 6610425)

Interested in seeing more? Check out the National Archives Catalog and spend some time researching the things you love! 

The photographs included in this post have no known copyright restrictions. If you have any questions about the images in this post or the holdings of the Still Picture Branch, please contact us at stillpix@nara.gov.

PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS

Generally, copies of photographic records held by the National Archives may be published without special permission or additional fees. The National Archives does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges. Copies of Federal records, as part of the public domain, are equally available to all. A small percentage of photographs in our holdings are or may be subject to copyright restrictions. The National Archives does not confirm the copyright status of photographs but will provide any information known about said status. It is the user’s responsibility to obtain all necessary clearances. Any use of these items is made at the researcher’s or purchaser’s own risk.

Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation. They also help inform the public about government photographic resources that are available.

*Because so many of our requests for information cite credits and captions that appear in published works, the inclusion of a photo number in hard copy and electronic publications is of great assistance to both us and the public.

Examples of preferred credit lines are as follows:

  • National Archives photo no. 210-G-C241
  • Credit National Archives (photo no. 83-G-41368)
  • Courtesy National Archives, photo no. 83-G-41430
  • National Archives (210-G-A14)

If using a large number of our images, the National Archives will appreciate receiving copies of publications that contain our photographs. Such copies can be sent to the Still Picture Branch or the Library, National Archives and Records Administration.

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