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Photograph of a Tuskegee airman with ammunition

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 working with tools and ammunition. The man is depicted wearing a sweater and trousers, kneeling in front of a low wooden bench on which the tools and ammunition is spread. He is shown in profile, with his proper left side facing the camera. The area surrounding the man and bench is tracked dirt and mud. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2015.63.8

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