Museum object · gelatin silver prints
They Gave Their Best for Democracy
1947
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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.
They Gave Their Best for Democracy - Brooklyn, New York, 1947 Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 188. A black-and-white photograph of men playing cards on the sidewalk. On the wall behind them, a poster that says "OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE" with a list of servicemen.
- Catalog date
- 1947
- Recorded places
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Photography; Recreation; Urban life
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2010.74.140
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection