- Compiled by
- Smith, Lewis Curtis, American, 1921 - 1997
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Medium
- paper, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (2015.272.17a image): 2 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (5.4 × 8.7 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17a sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. (5.8 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17b image): 2 3/16 × 3 1/2 in. (5.6 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17b sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 9/16 in. (5.8 × 9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17c image): 2 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (5.4 × 8.5 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17c sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. (5.8 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17d image): 2 1/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.3 × 8.5 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17d sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (5.8 × 8.7 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17e image): 2 3/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.5 × 8.5 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17e sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 9/16 in. (5.8 × 9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17f image): 2 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (5.4 × 8.5 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17f sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 9/16 in. (5.8 × 9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17g image): 2 1/16 × 3 3/8 in. (5.3 × 8.5 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.17g sheet): 2 5/16 × 3 1/2 in. (5.9 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (page): 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm)
- Description
- Page 17 of a photograph album (2015.272) owned by Lewis Curtis Smith. The black colored page contains seven black and white gelatin silver print photographs.
- 2015.272.17a: At the top left corner of the page the picture is of a hallway with pillars from a Roman ruin.
- 2015.272.17b: At top center of the page the picture is of steps leading down into a Roman coliseum.
- 2015.272.17c: At the top right corner of the page the picture is of a Roman room with a fountain in the center. An inscription above the picture reads “Pompeii.”
- 2015.272.17d: At the center of the page the picture is of broken steps leading down into a Roman coliseum. An inscription above the picture reads “Coliseum.”
- 2015.272.17e: At the bottom left corner of the page the picture is of Roman ruins along a cobblestone road.
- 2015.272.17f: At the bottom center of the page the picture is of a mural depicting animals
- 2015.272.17g: At the bottom right of the page the picture is of a Roman coliseum.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- photograph albums
- Topic
- Aeronautics
- Military
- Travel
- Tuskegee Airmen
- World War II
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Victoria L.Thornton and Family
- Object number
- 2015.272.17a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.