Compiled by
Smith, Lewis Curtis, American, 1921 - 1997
Subject of
Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
Smith, Lewis Curtis, American, 1921 - 1997
Williams Smith, Ruth, American, 1924 - 2002
Date
1943-1944
Medium
paper, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W (2015.272.5a image): 3 1/4 × 2 5/16 in. (8.3 × 5.9 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5a sheet): 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (8.7 × 6.4 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5b image): 3 1/4 × 2 5/16 in. (8.3 × 5.9 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5b sheet): 3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (8.6 × 6.3 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5c image): 4 1/2 × 3 in. (11.5 × 7.6 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5c sheet): 5 1/16 × 3 7/16 in. (12.8 × 8.8 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5d image): 3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in. (7.7 × 5.8 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5d sheet): 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.5 × 6 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5e image): 3 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (8.3 × 6 cm)
H x W (2015.272.5e sheet): 3 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (8.6 × 6.4 cm)
H x W (page): 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm)
Description
Page 5 of a photograph album (2015.272) owned by Lewis Curtis Smith. The black colored page contains five black and white gelatin silver print photographs. Four of the photographs are of Lewis Curtis Smith.
2015.272.5a: At the top left corner of the page is Lewis Curtis Smith smoking a cigarette.
2015.272.5b: At the top right corner of the page is Lewis Curtis Smith in a leather jacket.
2015.272.5c: At the center of the page is Ruth Smith wearing a light colored dress. Automobiles parked in a garage are in the background. An inscription written at the top of the photograph reads "Murray’s Dude Ranch / Summer 1943 – Honeymooning.”
2015.272.5d: At the bottom left corner of the page is Lewis Curtis Smith smiling in a leather jacket.
2015.272.5e: At the bottom right of the page is Lewis Curtis Smith wearing a leather jacket standing in front of a building.
Place captured
Murray's Dude Ranch, Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
gelatin silver prints
portraits
photograph albums
Topic
Aeronautics
Families
Marriage customs and rites
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
2015.272.5a-e
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57e7616b7-b502-41e3-96b5-e176b27de3a8

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