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[Full-length portrait of man dressed in military uniform] [graphic].

Collection:: Rosa Parks Papers
Title:: [Full-length portrait of man dressed in military uniform] [graphic].
Date of Original:: 1940/1945
Subject:: African American men
African American soldiers
Location:: United States, 39.76, -98.5
Medium:: portrait photographs1940-1950.gmgpc
photographic postcards1940-1950.gmgpc
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: Title devised by Library staff.
See no. 1278.
Soldier possibly Shortie Ward, son of Everee McCauley.
Metadata URL:: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.48787
Language:: eng
Additional Rights Information:: Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
Contributing Institution:: Library of Congress