Page 25 of album belonging to Lewis C. Smith
- Compiled by
- Smith, Lewis Curtis, American, 1921 - 1997
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
- Smith, Lewis Curtis, American, 1921 - 1997
- Jackson, Leonard M., American
- Taylor, Ulysses S., American, 1919 - 1987
- Williams, Charles I., American
- Date
- 1943-1944
- Medium
- paper, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (2015.272.25a image): 8 1/16 × 7 7/16 in. (20.5 × 18.9 cm)
- H x W (2015.272.25a sheet): 8 3/8 × 7 9/16 in. (21.3 × 19.2 cm)
- H x W (page): 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm)
- Description
- Page 25 of a photograph album (2015.272) owned by Lewis Curtis Smith. The black colored page has one black and white gelatin silver print photograph attached to it (2015.272.25a). The photograph depicts Charles I. Williams, Lewis Curtis Smith, Ulysses S. Taylor Jr. and Leonard M. Jackson standing in front of an airplane. Each pilot is wearing a jumpsuit, googles and an aviator’s helmet. Each of the pilots are identified with a handwritten ink inscription above them. The inscriptions say “Williams,” “Smith,” “Taylor,” and “Jackson.” Also above the pilot identified as Jackson is a blue cross.
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- photograph albums
- Topic
- Aeronautics
- Military
- 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
- 2015.272.25a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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