Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a Tuskegee airman feeding chickens
1941-1945
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.
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
