This collection contains two scrapbooks and several loose photographs documenting Mark Freeman’s personal life and time in the United States Navy in the 1950s. The green scrapbook is composed entirely of unidentified and unlabeled photographs of Freeman’s navy service, mostly of photos taken from his ship. Other notable groups of photographs in the scrapbook include photographs of women and sights in Japan. The brown scrapbook is composed of family photographs (most labelled), photographs of Freeman in Spencer, West Virginia, in the 1960s working with the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, and additional photographs of Freeman’s time in the Navy, including post cards. Loose photograph subject matter includes a Navy ship, a group photo of his high school and Navy graduating class, and photographs that fell out of the scrapbook.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Mark Freeman Papers,1934-1969. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Mark Freeman Papers,1934-1969.
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Bank of Japan 50 yen bill, ca. 1950?, col.
Bank of Japan 50 yen bill, ca. 1950?, col. Reverse : "Nippon Ginko" (Bank of Japan) and 50 yen.
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"Napoli, Nisida dal Parco della Rimembranza" (Naples, Italy), ca 1950's
"Napoli, Nisida dal Parco della Rimembranza" (Naples, Italy), ca 1950's, b&w. No postmark, no addressee note on back: Italy Translates to: Nisida from the Parco della Rimembranza.
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Mark Freeman with sign he made for WVa State Employment Service, July 1968
Mark Freeman with sign he made for WVa State Employment Service, July 1968, b&w. Caption: Sign I constructed for the team.
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Mark Freeman giving talk for WVa State Employment Service,Dec1967
Mark Freeman giving talk for WVa State Employment Service,Dec1967, b&w. Caption: none.
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Mark Freeman & Katherine Hughes at WVa Employment Services office, Oct 1967
Mark Freeman and secretary Katherine Hughes at WVa Employment Services office, Oct 1967, b&w. Caption: Mark and Katherine Hughes, secretary, Spencer, W.Va., Oct 1967.
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Mark Freeman moving into office of WVa State Employment Service,Oct 1967
Mark Freeman moving into office of WVa State Employment Service,Oct 1967, b&w. Caption: Moving in day, team supervisor Mr. Freeman.
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Mark Freeman with test equipment for WVa State Employment Service,Oct 1967
Mark Freeman with test equipment for WVa State Employment Service,Oct 1967, b&w. Caption: GATB Spencer,WVa.
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Advertiser in Sasebo, Japan, ca. 1955
Advertiser in Sasebo, Japan ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Advertiser, Sasebo, Japan Sasebo was the home of a large US Naval base.
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Aircraft carrier US Valley Forge (CV-45) nearing Norfolk Naval base
Aircraft carrier US Valley Forge (CV-45) nearing Norfolk Naval base, b&w. Freeman sent this card home to Mrs. Hugh Freeman. Postmarked aboard the USS Trathen, Apr. 29, 1955.
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Island near Japan being practice bombed by US jets, ca. 1955
Island near Japan being practiced bombed by US jets, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Blast from bomb dropped by jets. 8-55.
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Island near Japan used as bombing target by US jets, ca. 1955
Island near Japan used as bombing target by US jets, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Island is a target for jet bombers. 7-55.
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Main Street, Sasebo, Japan, ca. 1955
Main Street, Sasebo, Japan ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Main Street, Sasebo, Japan Sasebo was the home of a large US Naval base.
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Merchant ship entering Panama Canal, 1955
Merchant ship entering Panama Canal, 1955, b&w. Back reads: panama Canal & merchant ship.
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Recovery of dummy torpedo aboard USS Trathen, ca. 1955
Recovery of dummy torpedo aboard USS Trathen, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: REcovery of torpedo, 7-55 (The dummys had no warhead and floated when the gas ran out.).
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Refueling USS Trathen from tanker near Japan, 1955
Refueling USS Trathen from tanker near Japan, 1955, b&w. Back reads: Refueling from tanker near Japan, 7-55.
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Rickshaws in Sasebo, Japan, ca. 1955
Rickshaws in Sasebo, Japan ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Ricky-shaws, Sasebo Sasebo was the home of a large US Naval base.
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Running a life line between USS Trathen and another ship
Running a life line between USS Trathen and another ship, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Receiving high line. 7-55.
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Seaman 1st Class Mark Freeman, US Navy, aboard the USS Trathen, 1955
Yeoman Seaman 1st Class Mark Freeman, US Navy, aboard the USS Trathen, 1955, b&w. Freeman was on this ship on its mission to Japan.
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Seaman Apprentice Mark Freeman, U.S. Navy, ca. 1953-4
Seaman Apprentice Mark Freeman, U.S. Navy, ca. 1953-4, b&w. Freeman grauated from Doddridge County, WVa High School in 1952 and went into the Navy.
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Seaman Mark Freeman & unidentified friend, Sasebo, Japan, ca. 1955
Seaman Mark Freeman & unidentified friend, Sasebo, Japan, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Sasebo, Japan.
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Seaman Mark Freeman, U.S. Navy training camp, ca. 1953-4
Seaman Mark Freeman, U.S. Navy training camp, ca. 1953-4, b&w. Back reads: Taken just across from water resevoir, back of barracks. Take a look at that D--- big rifle. (he is holding a 1901 Springfield A3.
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Seashore just out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ca. 1955
Seashore just out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ca. 1955, b&w. Back reads: Sea shore just out of Pearl Harbor.
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Spanish bull fight, May 1955
Spanish bull fight, May 1955, b&w. (This group of photos seem to have been made when Mark Freeman was in the Navy.).
