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MILITARY SERVICES, 1914-1955
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African Americans in the Marines, during World War
II, 1943.
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African Americans in the Marines, during World War
II, 1943.
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Photos show new recruits in combat training at Camp Lejuene, N.C.;
recruits at drills or receiving medical exams; portraits of marine
officer candidates enrolled at the Marine Training School, Quantico,
Va.; portraits of Marine journalists, a boxer, and a track athlete;
Private Jeff Smith receiving the Purple Heart; one photo of a Marine
singing quintet. 16 photographic prints. |
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Marines |
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Call No.: LOT 13109, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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African American Soldiers and Women Civilians
Participating in Activities and Services of the American Red Cross,
United Service Organizations, and Theater Special Services, during World
War II, 1943-1951, bulk 1943-1946.
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Call No.: LOT 13110 (F) |
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Photos (several on postcard mounts) show soldiers and nurses in various
leisure activities at Red Cross service clubs and "clubhouses" in
London, England; Leghorn, Italy; the South Pacific; and the United
States. Includes some portraits of nurses and Red Cross directors;
leisure activities and entertainment at USO service clubs in the United
States, many of which show USO hostesses engaged in casual conversation
or in social activities with soldiers. Includes a group portrait of a
Salvation Army interracial women's club and social activities sponsored
by the Theater Special Services. Prominent people represented in USO
photos include Canada Lee and Raymond Massey performing a radio
broadcast at an NBC studio; Charles Laughton at a camp show at Fort
Lawton, Wash.; Alan Ladd visiting soldiers at a Station Hospital in
Kearns, Utah; Jackie Robinson at a USO club in Daytona Beach, Fla. 58
photographic prints. Organized into five subject categories: Red Cross,
Salvation Army; ca. 1945; Theater Special Services; USO; Miscellaneous
or unidentified. |
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Red Cross, 1943-ca. 1951 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 1-20 (F) |
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Salvation Army, ca. 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 21-23 (F) |
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Theater Special Services, ca. 1943 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 24-33 (F) |
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USO, 1943-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 34-56 (F) |
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Miscellaneous or unidentified, 1943, 1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13110, nos. 57-58 (F) |
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African Americans in the Navy, 1942-1955, bulk
1942-1949.
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Call No.: LOT 13111 (F) |
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Photos show seamen performing work duties, leisure activities, training,
and drilling on board naval vessels and at bases in Norfolk, Va.; Camp
Robert Smalls, Great Lakes, Ill.; Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.; and
locations in Hawaii and Guam. Includes African American cadets in
integrated classroom and training activities at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Includes some photos of seamen in recreational activities--church
services, reading, letter writing. Includes a photo of Joe Louis in a
boxing exhibition at a USN base in North Africa. Two photos of sailors
and civilians at an integrated dance sponsored by "messmen on the USS
McCawley." Includes photos of Navy Seabees constructing bunk beds; one
photo of Seabee Marvin P. Smith, a New York City photographer, pictured
with a film camera at a Naval photography training school. Portraits of
enlisted men and officers, including the first African American Navy
Lieutenant Edward Swain Hope; Jesse Leroy Brown, the first African
American to receive wings from the Naval Aviation Cadet program; and
Dorie Miller receiving the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1942. Other prominent people represented include
Walter White (visiting an unidentified military base), Lester Granger
(with officers at Pearl Harbor), and Hampton Institute President Dr.
Malcolm S. MacLean. 111 photographic prints. Organized into eight
subject categories: General activities; Military decorations; Portraits;
Recreational activities; Reserves; Seabees; Training; U.S. Naval
Academy. |
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General activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 1-16 (F) |
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Military decorations |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 17-24 (F) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 25-53 (F) |
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Recreational activities |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 54-65 (F) |
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Reserves |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 66-74 (F) |
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Seabees |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 75-83 (F) |
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Training |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 84-99 (F) |
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U.S. Naval Academy |
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Call No.: LOT 13111, nos. 100-111 (F) |
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African, Brazilian, and West Indian Soldiers
Serving with International Forces, during World War II, 1943-ca. 1945.
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Call No.: LOT 13112 (F) |
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Includes photos of East African troops training and at leisure, in
Ceylon, and in active duty in Burma; two views of West African soldiers
in India and in Burma; West Indian soldiers training in England.
Includes a few photos of women recruits. Also includes two photos of the
Brazilian Expeditionary Force--en route to England and in Italy. Some
individual and group portraits. 44 photographic prints; 1
photomechanical print. |
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Non-U.S. military, 1943-ca. 1945 |
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Call No.: LOT 13112, nos. 1-45 (F) |
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African American War Veterans, 1944-1952.
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Call No.: LOT 13113 (F) |
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Photos show disabled veterans making "Buddy Poppies" for a charity sale
at a New Jersey hospital and patients at veterans hospitals in Virginia,
and Washington, D.C. Includes one photo of NAACP civil rights attorney,
Jack Greenberg, with client Frank S. Cole, who was exonerated of mutiny
charges filed against him during the war; one photo of a 96-year-old
Spanish American War veteran. 8 photographic prints; 1 photomechanical
print. |
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Veterans |
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Call No.: LOT 13113, nos. 1-9 (F) |
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War Film Stills and Other Miscellaneous Military
Subjects, 1914-1949.
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Call No.: LOT 13114 (F) |
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Stills from "Victory Loan Program" films: Bonds of Victory,
The Fleet That Came To Stay,
Stilwell Road,
Target--Invisible, and To Win the Peace; some photos of U.S. soldiers, stationed in England and awaiting
repatriation, taking courses in British agriculture; portrait of Bert
Williams taken during his service with the 15th Regiment, New York
National Guard (NYNG), 1914; one photo of General Pershing standing
before the 10th Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va., in 1932. 38 photographic
prints; 1 print. |
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General (no. 39 is in color) |
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Call No.: LOT 13114, nos. 1-39 (F) |
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MISCELLANEOUS, 1920-1963
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Photographs and other visual materials that do not appear to relate to any of
the above series or that lack sufficient identification to assign to a
specific series. Included here are personal snapshot photos that belonged to
Roy Wilkins. Although some of the individual images may relate to specific
campaigns, groups are kept together to preserve their provenance. |
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Domestic Scenes, ca. 1948.
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Call No.: LOT 13115 (F) |
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Views of women in domestic settings: bottle feeding infants (using
disposable bottles) and cooking. Includes one photo of the "Shellie
Nurser" kit showing pre-sterilized collapsible and disposable bottles. 5
photographic prints. |
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General |
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Call No.: LOT 13115, nos. 1-5 (F) |
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Arkansas Flood Areas and Residents, 1937 and
1941.
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Call No.: LOT 13116 (F) |
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Scenes of Arkansas flood area and residents, showing half-submerged
houses and buildings, telephone poles, streets; several photographs show
children playing in the flood waters. One photograph shows an African
American woman, her four children, and a dog--flood victims--in a box
car near Elaine, Ark. 12 photographic prints. |
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1937, 1941 |
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Call No.: LOT 13116, nos. 1-12 (F) |
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Florida Legislative Committee Investigation of the
NAACP, 1957.
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Call No.: LOT 13117 (F) |
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Informal portraits of groups and individuals relating to a Florida
committee's investigation of the NAACP. Includes one photo of a U.S.
post office. Includes one envelope addressed to Henry L. Moon, NAACP
director of public relations (sent from Tampa, Fla., 11 Feb. 1957). 12
photographic prints. |
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1957 |
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Call No.: LOT 13117, nos. 1-13 (F) |
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Scenes of Interracial Relations, ca. 1950-ca.
1960.
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Call No.: LOT 13118 (F) |
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Scenes showing interracial groups of all ages participating in various
activities: art and dance classes, choirs, sports activities, family
dinners, etc.--in the United States and in Germany. 16 photographic
prints; 1 photomechanical print. |
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ca. 1950-ca. 1960 |
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Call No.: LOT 13118, nos. 1-17 (F) |
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Roy Wilkins' Personal Snapshots,
1920-1938.
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Call No.: LOT 13119 (F) |
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Winter scenes of flood area, victims, and relief at Paducah and
Louisville, Ky., and at Memphis, Ark.--documenting the flooding of the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Photos of tent camps, levees, and
flood-damaged buildings. Includes snapshots of NAACP New York City
office flying a banner that reads "A MAN WAS LYNCHED YESTERDAY." Also
includes photographs taken at Livingston and Logan, Mont., and White
Bear Lake, Minn. Prominent people include Mary McLeod Bethune, C.A.
Franklin (in front of a St. Louis Call office), Thurgood Marshall, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins. Also
includes photos of the George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.). 70
photographic prints; 32 contact prints (87 images). Organized into three
subject categories: Flood area and victims; Portraits;
Miscellaneous. |
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Flood area and victims |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 1-31 (F) |
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Portraits, 1920-1938 |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 32-69 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13119, nos. 70-102 (F) |
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Art, Art Collections, Exhibits, Models, and Artists
and Their Studios, 1924-1963, bulk 1940-1950.
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Call No.: LOT 13120 (F) (H) |
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Photos showing art, art collections, exhibits, models, and artists and
their studios. Artists whose work is represented include Paul Arlt,
Richmond Barthé, Anne Beadenkopf, Peter Cohen, John O'Hara Cosgrave
II, Allan Rohan Crite, Lee Hill, Melvin Gray Johnson, William H.
Johnson, Horace Pippin, Caroline S. Rohland, Vandercook (possibly), Ali
Warren, and Ellis Wilson. Includes photos of portrait paintings of NAACP
officials, including Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Thurgood Marshall, Walter
White, and Roy Wilkins. Also includes photographs of portraits of
prominent African American scientists and entertainers. Includes two
sets of prints issued by the Harmon Foundation: "Sculpture by Richmond
Barthé," and "Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin,
Painted by Two Women Artists: Betsy Graves Reyneau and Laura Wheeler
Waring." Also includes photographs of artifacts in African art
collections. 94 photographic prints; 41 photomechanical prints; 1
cyanotype. Organized into four subject categories: Art reproductions;
Sculpture reproductions; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous illustrations. |
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Art reproductions |
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General subjects |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 1-13, (F) |
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General subjects |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 14-15 (H) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 16-41 (H) |
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Portraits |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 42-52 (F) |
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Sculpture reproductions |
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General |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 53-68 (F) |
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African |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 69-114 (F) |
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Richmond Barthé reproductions published by the
Harmon Foundation |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 115-128 (H) |
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Miscellaneous, 1940-1948 |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 129-131 (F) |
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Miscellaneous illustrations (unidentified artists) |
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Call No.: LOT 13120, nos. 132-136 (H) |
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Youth Organizations and Activities,
1943-1954.
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Call No.: LOT 13121 (F) |
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Photos showing youth groups and activities. Includes photos of Boy
Scouts, 4-H Club groups, and the Stokowski Youth Orchestra. Includes
photographs of Leopold Stokowski. 23 photographic prints. Organized into
four subject categories: Boy Scouts; 4-H Club; National Youth
Administration/Stokowski Youth Orchestra; Miscellaneous. |
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Boy Scouts |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 1-4 (F) |
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4-H Club |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 5-10 (F) |
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National Youth Administration/Stokowski Youth
Orchestra |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 11-22 (F) |
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Miscellaneous |
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Call No.: LOT 13121, nos. 23 (F) |
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Miscellaneous or Unidentified Subjects, 1938-ca.
1950.
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Call No.: LOT 13122 (F) (H) |
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Includes publicity photos showing New York State historic documents
displayed on the "Freedom Train," a traveling exhibit on freedom in the
United States; reproduction of a map of the underground railroad in
Indiana; office interior and printing presses at unidentified location;
NAACP staff Daniel E. Byrd at unidentified location, talking with woman
identified as Selma Taylor; seven prints from original negatives found
in an envelope marked "Bequest, Edward S. Kimbrough," which show an
unidentified man standing alone in a street; reproduction of a scene in
the House of Representatives after passage of the amendment abolishing
slavery in 1865; illustration page from a German periodical reproducing
photos of lynchings and riots in the United States and a portrait of
Franklin Roosevelt with a balloon caption in German: "I can hardly
believe this kind of thing can happen in civilized society in the 20th
century." 31 photographic prints; 11 prints. Organized into five subject
categories: Freedom Train; Identified miscellaneous; Unidentified;
Oversize; John F. Kennedy. |
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Freedom Train |
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Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 1-7 (F) |
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Identified miscellaneous subjects, 1935-1946 |
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Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 8-12 (F) |
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Unidentified (no. 13 is in color) |
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Call No.: LOT 13122, nos. 13-28 (F) |
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Oversize (no. 32 is in color) |
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