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African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Military

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Post-World War II Activity

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U.S. Army training centers and military bases

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African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on

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Title
African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on
Names
United States. Army. Signal Corps (Sponsor)
Collection

Military

Post-World War II Activity

U.S. Army training centers and military bases

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1946-09-19
Place: California
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military
Topics
African Americans
African-American soldiers
Armed Forces -- United States
Military bases -- United States
California
African American men
African American women
United States -- Armed Forces -- African American officers
Married people
Military spouses
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Caption on back: "Employed for four years by the Del Monte Avenue USO Club in Monterey, California, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, above, saw many soldiers come and go during the war. Finally Sergeant Alton V. McSween of the 669th Quartermaster Truck Company, Fort Ord, California, came along and Miss Walker decided he was the one. Last week they were married. 9-19-46."
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, 8 x 10 in.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af285960-c645-012f-6e2b-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. 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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1946: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on, (1946)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

African American Sergeant Alton V. McSween pouring punch while his wife, Miss Letitia Lee Walker, employee of the Del Monte Avenue USO Club, looks on