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Photograph of Private Marvin E. Parker in US Army uniform

1954-1956

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 Marvin E. Parker wearing his U.S. Army uniform. Parker is pictured from the shoulders up and faces the camera directly. The gelatin silver image is printed on textured photographic paper. Text handwritten on the reverse in black and blue ink reads "74.3139 / 2 / Marvin E. Parker".

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Catalog reference: 2015.215.2

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