Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
WASECA – BARBADOS ISLAND STORY: CHOW LINE NOTICE U.S. GOV’T SOLDIER MESS KITS
1940s-1950s
Waseca County, Minnesota, United States, North and Central America
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 men in a food line. A dozen unidentified men are standing in a line. They are all wearing hats of various styles. The men are wearing overalls or button front shirts. Some of the men are holding mess kits. Most are looking at the camera. A few are turned around, speaking to one another. There are identifying and numerical inscriptions on the back.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2018.17.10.4
