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Photographic postcard of World War I soldier named Fred Christman

ca. 1918

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 photographic postcard portrait depicting a soldier in a World War I uniform tunic in an oval picture window. Shown from the waist up, the man is standing a quarter turn away from the camera, but gazes directly at the viewer. The back of the photograph has printed text across the top that reads "CARTE POSTALE." An inscription on the back reads [Best Wishes / An [sic] Good Luck / Your Cousin / Fred Christman].

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Catalog reference: 2018.63.7

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