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(WWII—AFRICANAMERICANA)
Album with 198 playful photographs
depicting an African American soldier
posing joyfully for the camera, in America
and Europe.
With images of the unidentified figure presenting
himself in a variety of lively poses: with fellow
soldiers,drinking beer,sweeping the floor,playing
pool, pointing his gun, or next to a snowman.
Silver (193) and chromogenic (5) prints, the
images measuring 3x3 to 8x10 inches (7.6x7.6
to 20.3x25.4 cm.), mounted recto/verso with
photo corners, nearly all including the soldier.
4to, brown leatherette boards with a 3 ring
binding. Circa 1940s
[600/900]
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(WORLDWAR II)
A group of 22 select photographs of members of the U.S. Military.
Some are shown gambling or engaging in leisure activities, others depicted performing their military
duties. Ferrotyped silver prints, the images measuring 9
1
/
2
x7
3
/
8
inches (24.1x18.7 cm.), 21 with a
stamped or typed caption and military branch credit, one with a caption, in ink, and some with
other markings and notations in pencil, all on verso. Early 1940s
[1,000/1,500]
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