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Description
Real photo postcard studio portrait of a young African American man wearing a U.S. Navy uniform. Service ribbons pinned to his uniform suggest the man was a veteran of World War II. Ink note on recto above image indicates the man's name was Bennie. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Still image Title devised by cataloger. Photo studio name from blind stamp. Oakland, California
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 14 x 9 cm (postcard format)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb09645201
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Photographs African American sailors World War, 1939-1945 African Americans Oakland (Calif.)
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