19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army

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An undated stereograph produced by the Keystone View Company of an outdoor military scene titled: "19099 -- Colored Boys Awaiting Dinner Call -- Engineers of the Signal Corps Lining Up for Mess, National Army", below image. The stereograph is rectangular in shape with two identical albumen photographs that are square-shaped with a curved top edge attached to a piece of gray cardboard. Both images feature a large gathering of African American soldiers lined up single-file outside barrack clapboard buildings. The left edge of the stereograph contains the following textual information: "Keystone View Company/ Manufacturers/ Publishers/ COPYRIGHTED/ MADE IN U.S.A." while the right side contains the following textual information: "Meadsville, Pa./ New York, N.Y./ Portland, Oregon/ London, Eng./ Sydney, Aus.".

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