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TAI SING LOO Original Photo WWII Japanese Code Breaker 1940s HONOLULU NEWS AD

TAI SING LOO Original Photo WWII Japanese Code Breaker 1940s HONOLULU NEWS AD

$ 13.17

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Condition: Original 5x7" Print in Overall Excellent Vintage Condition. Please Examine Scan.
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available

    Description

    This is one of many great vintage & antique items I'm currently listing from various estates. Please take a look at my other merchandise at your leisure.
    You are bidding on:
    Code Breaking a False Newspaper Advertisement
    Original Photographic Print
    by
    Tai Sing Loo
    Honolulu, Territory
    of
    Hawaii
    ~ WWII circa 1943-44 ~
    Tai Sing Loo is best known for his historic photography. Yet - he is also credited with helping to break the Japanese Codes that were put into false newspaper advertisements. Here is a rare example of his work...reproduced by him into a photographic print in the midst of WWII.
    This
    Tai Sing Loo
    photo was saved by a sailor who worked as a butcher at the Commissary in the Navy Yard at Pearl Harbor. He served in the Navy from June '43 to Nov '45. I am also listing other photos by Tai Sing Loo including photos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, of
    Breakers
    Navy Beach Club on Waikiki, and of the Commissary where this sailor worked as cook and butcher.
    Tai Sing Loo
    (1886-1971) was a photographer of Pearl Harbor and many sporting events in Hawaii. From 1909 to 1918, he worked with the Gurrey studio. From 1919 until his retirement in 1949, he served as an official Navy photographer. In that capacity, he photographed the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and the battleships, and recorded VIP visits, funerals and recreational events. He also photographed for the Inter-Island Steamship Company and was an accomplished landscape photographer. Some of his well-known photographs include many of Duke Kahanamoku, Pearl Harbor before and after the bombing, celebrities and presidential visits to Hawaii. Loo also helped to break the Japanese Codes that were put into false newspaper advertisements that detailed when the attack would occur and the formations of the planes for the attack.
    Photo Measures Approx 5 x 7 Inches.
    In Excellent Vintage Condition.
    Please see photos for further details
    Thanks for Looking and Good Luck Bidding
    SW4JC