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Five sailors in uniform

ca. 1935-1955

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Five sailors in uniform
  • Title
  • Five sailors in uniform
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1935-1955
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.148
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.148
  • Description
  • Five young African American sailors pose for a group portrait in the Harris Studio. The use of black troops in combat initially excluded African Americans in the United States Navy; they were limited to the position of Mess Attendants until 1944 (during World War II). Uniform dates to World War II, ca. 1940-1946.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Sailors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Military uniforms--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Studio portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh