Here's Sailor Wyatt's USS Lowe DE-325 Photos & Negatives from the 1950s Digitized w/ History + Music

[@tonytherf-mb3dg]

Thank goodness guy's such as Wyatt lugged around the camera to capture these photos. However he probably wouldn't have guessed they would be viewed so many years later by strangers eyes. ❤❤❤

[@808spelunk]

That's right, on both counts!

[@scottyg9167]

Wyatt knew what he was doing with that camera! Great photos. I wonder what kind it is? Can’t quite make it out but really good quality glass!

[@808spelunk]

Oftentimes when those medium format negatives are stored well, and the photographer did their part well, we can get crystal clear scans like some of these. I sure would like to know the camera type he used, too. ✌️✌️🇺🇸

[@douglasthompson296]

こんにちは Kon'nichiwa Andy, looks like he enjoyed his time in Japan and other far eastern territories. The images of civilians in traditional clothing was authentic for the period, they were not dressing for the touring USA military personnel. Those images of home kitchen eating looked so cosy and looked so American to my 🇬🇧 imagination. Well it looked like our boy did prosper and multiply seeing his daughter in there too. Cheers DougT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@808spelunk]

The "restaurant" photos struck me too, I wonder if that wasn't someone's home kitchen turned into a post-war business opportunity to feed the hungry troops. Somehow you get the sense that those boys missed home cooking because the atmosphere seems nostalgic. Anyway, the mind tries to fill in the gaps. ✌️✌️🇺🇸