Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Louis S. Hayes, Jr. in uniform sitting at desk and writing
early 1940s
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 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 photograph of Louis S. Hayes Jr., an Army Infantry Captain sitting at a writing desk in a swivel chair. Hayes is writing a letter, holding a pen with his right hand and a cigarette in his left. He is wearing his dress uniform. There are wooden blinds on the windows and two framed photographs on top of a table in the background.
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Catalog reference: 2014.75.96
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