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White, Frank B., 1915-1999 [Child in a wash-basin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.264.04 Author/Creator: White, Frank B., 1915-1999 Place Written: Tinian Island, Northern Mariana Islands Type: Photograph Date: 7 March 1945 Pagination: 1 photograph Order a Copy

One photograph sent by Frank B. White to L Jean White dated March 7, 1945. The photograph features a child sitting in a washbasin with trees and foliage behind them. The same child from GLC09855.263.03. There is no indication in the accompanying letter of the location or subjects of the photograph.

White, Frank B., 1915-1999
White, L. Jean, 1915-2014

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