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African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube

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Title
African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube
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: 1947-10-23
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
African American men
Laboratories
Military personnel
Laboratory technicians
Fort Ord (Calif.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Caption on back: "Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, has been a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California since January, 1947. Private Pierce attended Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, before entering the service in November, 1945. 10-23-47."
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, 10 x 8 in.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aff1bdf0-c645-012f-414b-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

  • 1947: 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 Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1947. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1947). African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9cd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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African American Private First Class Alfred Pierce, Jr., a laboratory technician at Fort Ord, California, holding a test tube