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unknown, fl. 1940 [Portrait of an African American Navy soldier]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09720.07 Author/Creator: unknown, fl. 1940 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1940 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w Height: 16.1 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

One undated black-and-white photograph of a three quarter length portrait of an African American Navy soldier.

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