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Portrait of an unidentified Tuskegee Airman in aviation gear

1941-1952

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.

This gelatin silver print depcits a black and white image of a Tuskegee Airman. He is facing the camera and smiling while gazing away from the camera. He is wearing an A-11 helmet and 6530 goggles. He is also wearing a leather bomber jacket with fur collar. The back of the photograph reads [Best Wishes / Art / McG(illegible)]." The last name is scribbled and mostly unintelligible.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.9.1

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