Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army
1914-1916
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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.
An undated stereograph produced by the Keystone View Company of an outdoor military scene titled: "19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army", below image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of gray cardboard. Both images feature a large gathering of African American soldiers lined up single-file outside barrack clapboard buildings. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Publishers/ COPYRIGHTED/ MADE IN U.S.A." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Meadsville, Pa./ New York, N.Y./ Portland, Oregon/ London, Eng./ Sydney, Aus.".
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Catalog reference: 2011.155.191
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