Is this photograph of the Arizona rare?

Subnuts · 01-30-16, 08:18 PM

My Mom stumbled across this photograph at a yard sale last week and bought it for a dollar.

Granted, it's obviously beat to snot. I spent at least an hour looking at pictures of the Arizona, and of the Arizona transiting the Panama Canal, and couldn't find an exact match anywhere online. Part of me wants to think this photo is a one-of-a-kind treasure, but the other half wants me to think it's a piece of junk.

Any ideas, folks?

August · 01-30-16, 09:14 PM

I'd say scan it and then pack it away somewhere. You'd hate to find out later on that you tossed out a piece of history.

Torplexed · 01-30-16, 09:51 PM

I couldn't put a finger on it's worth, but I'm glad the Japanese didn't sink the Arizona in that spot.

Cybermat47 · 01-30-16, 10:17 PM

Well, seeing as you put it online, it's not very rare anymore

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

I couldn't put a finger on it's worth, but I'm glad the Japanese didn't sink the Arizona in that spot.

Yeah, would've messed up both the Pacific and the Atlantic, especially as the area between South America and Antarctica is chokepoint central

Betonov · 01-31-16, 06:01 AM

I can't say what's it worth, but I can 10000% be sure that it's not junk.

Put it in a safe box, no sunlight, no humidity (as low as possible).

Jimbuna · 01-31-16, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I can't say what's it worth, but I can 10000% be sure that it's not junk.

Put it in a safe box, no sunlight, no humidity (as low as possible).

Agreed.

01-30-16, 08:18 PM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Is this photograph of the Arizona rare? My Mom stumbled across this photograph at a yard sale last week and bought it for a dollar. Granted, it's obviously beat to snot. I spent at least an hour looking at pictures of the Arizona, and of the Arizona transiting the Panama Canal, and couldn't find an exact match anywhere online. Part of me wants to think this photo is a one-of-a-kind treasure, but the other half wants me to think it's a piece of junk. Any ideas, folks? __________________ My Amazon.com reviews

01-30-16, 09:14 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'd say scan it and then pack it away somewhere. You'd hate to find out later on that you tossed out a piece of history. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-30-16, 09:51 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I couldn't put a finger on it's worth, but I'm glad the Japanese didn't sink the Arizona in that spot. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

01-31-16, 06:01 AM	#5
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I can't say what's it worth, but I can 10000% be sure that it's not junk. Put it in a safe box, no sunlight, no humidity (as low as possible).