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African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France

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Title
African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France
Names
United States. Army (Photographer)
Collection

Military

Post-World War II Activity

Troops in France

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1946-03-13
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
France
Military uniforms
Rouen (France)
African American women
Awards
African American basketball players
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Caption on back: "Led championship team; The basketball team representing the 6888th Central Postal Directory, only Negro Wac [Women's Army Corps] unit to serve overseas, won the WAC Theater Basketball Championship of the ETO while stationed in Rouen, France; The last contingent of the 6888th returned to the States on Friday, March 8; with it left to right: Staff Sergeant Doris L. Paige, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, the team's coach; First Lieutenant Mercedes Jordan, New York City, the unit's Special Service Officer; and Technician Fifth Grade Gertrude Cruse, Cincinnati, Ohio, who captained the championship team; In addition to the trophy pictured above which was awarded the team, individual members were presented with self-winding wrist watches., 3/13/46."
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): a46ffcf0-c645-012f-aac0-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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  • 2015: Digitized
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MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9d8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9d8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-f9d8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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African American women basketball players holding their trophy won at the WAC Theater Basketball Championship in Rouen, France