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Photographic print of Louis S. Hayes, Jr. in uniform sitting at desk and writing

early 1940s

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 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 photograph of Louis S. Hayes Jr., an Army Infantry Captain sitting at a writing desk in a swivel chair. Hayes is writing a letter, holding a pen with his right hand and a cigarette in his left. He is wearing his dress uniform. There are wooden blinds on the windows and two framed photographs on top of a table in the background.

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Catalog reference: 2014.75.96

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