Photographer’s Mate 3 & 2
Bureau of Naval Personnel Rate Training Manual
NavPers 10355-A — 1971 Edition
Published by the United States Navy
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Official U.S. Navy training manual for Photographer’s Mate, Third and Second Class, used to train enlisted naval photographers during the Vietnam–Cold War era. This 1971 edition covers professional photographic techniques including camera operation, lighting, darkroom practice, film processing, color photography, and laboratory standards, with references to Kodak materials and contemporary military photographic labs.
Illustrated throughout with diagrams and instructional photographs. A handsome and highly graphic manual, appealing both to collectors of military ephemera and to historians of photography.
Bibliographic Details
Title: Photographer’s Mate 3 & 2
Issuing body: Bureau of Naval Personnel
Manual number: NavPers 10355-A
Edition: 1971
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Format: Quarto paperback
Original price: $9.00 (printed)
Condition
Overall: Very Good
Light edge wear and handling wear to wraps
Spine solid, binding tight
Pages clean and unmarked
No institutional stamps or writing noted
A well-preserved working manual.
Why It Matters
Genuine Cold War–era military photography manual
Bridges technical photography + military history
Increasing interest from:
Photography collectors
Military historians
Design & visual culture buyers
Set decorators / prop departments
These do not stay cheap forever; Navy rate manuals are quietly climbing as analog photography resurges.
Photographer’s Mate 3 & 2
Bureau of Naval Personnel Rate Training Manual
NavPers 10355-A — 1971 Edition
Published by the United States Navy
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Official U.S. Navy training manual for Photographer’s Mate, Third and Second Class, used to train enlisted naval photographers during the Vietnam–Cold War era. This 1971 edition covers professional photographic techniques including camera operation, lighting, darkroom practice, film processing, color photography, and laboratory standards, with references to Kodak materials and contemporary military photographic labs.
Illustrated throughout with diagrams and instructional photographs. A handsome and highly graphic manual, appealing both to collectors of military ephemera and to historians of photography.
Bibliographic Details
Title: Photographer’s Mate 3 & 2
Issuing body: Bureau of Naval Personnel
Manual number: NavPers 10355-A
Edition: 1971
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Format: Quarto paperback
Original price: $9.00 (printed)
Condition
Overall: Very Good
Light edge wear and handling wear to wraps
Spine solid, binding tight
Pages clean and unmarked
No institutional stamps or writing noted
A well-preserved working manual.
Why It Matters
Genuine Cold War–era military photography manual
Bridges technical photography + military history
Increasing interest from:
Photography collectors
Military historians
Design & visual culture buyers
Set decorators / prop departments
These do not stay cheap forever; Navy rate manuals are quietly climbing as analog photography resurges.
