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Photographic postcard of WWI troops standing at attention

ca. 1917

Camp Dix, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A black-and-white photographic postcard of two lines of Troops standing in formation. One soldier stands facing the formation. White two story building seen in the background. Black type along bottom of postcard reads, [MANUAL OF ARMS INSTRUCTIONS COLORED TROOPS CAMP DIX, N.J.]. Postcard is unused and has green type on reverse side reading [Post Card] in decorative lettering along with [his space for address only] and space for stamp. There are no inscriptions.

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Catalog reference: 2012.171.3

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