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NAACP photographs of African American soldiers in the Army Air Force, primarily during World War II
- Title: NAACP photographs of African American soldiers in the Army Air Force, primarily during World War II
- Date Created/Published: 1944-ca. 1950, bulk 1944-1948.
- Medium: 175 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
- Summary: Emphasis is on training in the U.S. and active duty with the Air Services Command in England and Italy. Activities depicted include: aviation and mechanical training, recreation, transportation of supplies. Many portraits of soldiers and officers enlisted in the 13th and 15th Air Force, the 92nd Field Artillery, the 99th Fighter Squadron and graduates of the Air Forces Training Command and other service units; portraits of soldiers receiving military decorations. Post World War II photos include the Berlin Air Lift of 1948 documenting African American participation in this effort. Includes one photo of Mary McLeod Bethune reviewing a military parade held in her honor at MacDill Air Field, Tampa, Fla., and one of Joe Louis with soldiers of the 15th Air Force in Italy.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Visual Materials from the NAACP ...,"(http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/086_naa.html)
- Call Number: LOT 13105 (F) USE MICROFILM [P&P]
- Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into nine subject categories: Air Service Command Depot, England; Berlin Air Lift, Operation Vittles; 15th Air Force Service Command; Military decorations; 99th Fighter Squadron; Portraits; Recreation; Training; Miscellaneous.
- Collection finding aid available.
- Images available on microfilm (including finding aid). Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
- Includes several miscellaneous press releases. These are filed in the Prints and Photographs Division Supplementary Archives.
- Most images bear original handwritten or typed identifications.
- Many images cropped or otherwise marked for publication.
- Lot title devised.
- Forms part of: Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress).
- Subjects:
- United States.--Army Air Forces.--People--1940-1950.
- United States.--Army Air Forces.--Fighter Squadron, 99th--People--1940-1950.
- United States.--Army Air Forces.--Air Force, 15th--People--1940-1950.
- African Americans--Military service--1940-1950.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American--England.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American--Italy.
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment & supplies--American--England.
- World War, 1939-1945--Military life--American--1940-1950.
- Military education--United States--1940-1950.
- Military decorations--1940-1950.
- Format:
- Collections:
- Part of: Visual materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People records (Library of Congress)
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- Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Visual Materials from the NAACP ...," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/086_naa.html
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: LOT 13105 (F) USE MICROFILM [P&P]
- Medium: 175 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
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- Call Number: LOT 13105 (F) USE MICROFILM [P&P]
- Medium: 175 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
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