Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Back From Jim Crow Army and Navy on the Home Front
1940s
Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white group portrait photograph of African American World War II servicemen in uniform posing while making the "V" for victory sign with their hands. An inscription on the verso reads [-Brooklyn WII Vets / Kingsboro Housing Project].
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
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Catalog reference: 2010.74.147
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