[Elevator well on USS Essex]

Photograph of an elevator well on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Aircraft are parked above and below deck.

Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / #3 elevator well / D02."

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.