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WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: CHOW LINE NOTICE U.S. GOV’T SOLDIER MESS KITS

1940s-1950s

Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America

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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 men in a food line. A dozen unidentified men are standing in a line. They are all wearing hats of various styles. The men are wearing overalls or button front shirts. Some of the men are holding mess kits. Most are looking at the camera. A few are turned around, speaking to one another. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2018.17.10.4

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