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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas
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Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. She is holding her camera and there is a tank in the background. This is her favorite photograph of herself at work. It was taken by Marine Master Sergeant Louis Lowry.
July 1959
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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WHi 1942
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas
July 1959
Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. Along the shoreline are marines with anothe...
Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"
circa 1950-1959
Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
Dickey and Tony Chapelle
1950
Dickey Meyer Chapelle poses with her husband Tony Chapelle next to a vehicle.
Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa
1945
Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung over her shoulder.
Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa
1945
Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung over her shoulder.
Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters
August 29, 1961
Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
