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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09563 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1919 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 40.2 cm, Width: 55.7 cm Order a Copy

A chromolithographic poster depicting African American soldiers fighting in World War I. In the poster an American bombers are flying overhead and an American soldier is boyoneting an enemy soldier. Featured prominently in towards the middle of the poster is a large American flag and in the background is a smaller American flag flanked by British and Italian flags. This poster is dated circa 1919.

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