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Photograph of a Tuskegee Airman posing with a military ambulance

1941-1945

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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 a Tuskegee Airman posing with a military ambulance. The Airman wears a garrison officer's cap and a leather flight jacket with patch over the left chest. He is posing with proper right foot up on the ambulance's bumper, resting his right forearm on his knee, and looking at the camera. The truck has a sign above it's front windshield reading [AMBULANCE] with the red cross symbol on either side. It is parked on the side of a tree-lined street and people walking down the street are visible in the background. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2015.63.21

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