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Tuskegee airmen

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Creator:Frissell, Toni, 1907-1988
Title:Tuskegee airmen
Date:1945
Description:

Black-and-white photograph depicting two African American airmen stationed at Tuskegee Army Air Field standing in front of an airplane. The two airmen are wearing flying gear and looking into the sky.

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Types:Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd | African American air pilots--Alabama--Tuskegee | African American men--Alabama--Tuskegee | Flight jackets--Alabama--Tuskegee | Airplanes, Military--Alabama--Tuskegee | World War, 1939-1945--African American participation | Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) | Tuskegee (Ala.) | Macon County (Ala.)
Collection:African American Odyssey
Institution:Library of Congress
Contributors:Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress)
Online Publisher:Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Original Material:

Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.

Reproduction number: LC-F9-02-4503-330-5 (8-6) (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative)

Related Materials:

Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.

Persistent Link to Item:http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0806001r.jpg