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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

West Berlin • Germany

1962; printed 2006 - 2009

Berlin, Germany, Europe

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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.

Berlin, Germany In defense of Western Civilization, an American soldier's hand rests on his gun. Leonard Freed, Black in White America (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1969), 6. Silver gelatin photograh featuring an image of an American soldier shown in American sector of West Berlin in full-gear and three soldiers in a U.S. Army Jeep to his proper right.

Catalog date
1962; printed 2006 - 2009
Recorded places
Berlin, Germany, Europe
Recorded subjects
African American; Military; Photography; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Sources & collection details

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2009.36.12

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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