- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Photograph by
- Tyler, Scott
- Subject of
- Scott, Henry
- Used by
- The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
- Date
- April 1946
- Medium
- ink on zinc
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)
- Caption
- This image of Henry Scott is featured in the article "Deep are the Roots' Blots Few Prejudices its Star Once Had" from The Chicago Defender on April 20, 1946. The article talks about the play, "Deep Are the Roots", and the lead actors, including one of the show's leads, Henry Scott, a WW2 veteran Tuskegee Airman, who served as a lieutenant with the 99th Fighter squadron over Italy.
- Description
- Printing plate of Henry Scott dressed in a service dress shirt and tie. Scott wears campaign ribbons on his chest and a pi on his collar. Written on the back is ["DEEP ARE THE ROOTS"].
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Type
- printing plates
- portraits
- Topic
- Black Press
- Business
- Mass media
- Military
- Technology
- Theatre
- Tuskegee Airmen
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Object number
- 2012.18.5.28
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.