Created by:

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (24.8 × 31.8 cm)

H x W (Image and Sheet): 16 × 20 1/8 in. (40.6 × 51.1 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1940s

Caption:

Back From Jim Crow Army and Navy on the Home Front - Brooklyn, New York, 1947

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 198.

Description:

A black-and-white photograph of African American World War II servicemen in uniform holding their hands up in the shape of vees.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Photography  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Object number:

2010.74.147

Restrictions & Rights:

© Joe Schwartz

Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b164f9f5-f3dc-4bfe-bde7-9bc086023e2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.74.147