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Photograph of a Tuskegee airman feeding chickens

1941-1945

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 a Tuskegee airman feeding chickens. The man is depicted in an open field, crouching behind two chickens, one with light feathers and the other dark. The man wears a white undershirt, hat, sunglasses, and military dogtags. The two chickens appear to be eating out of an a small bowl. There are two ropes, likely tent guy ropes, crossing from upper left to the bottom right of the image. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2015.63.6

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