African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol
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Title
African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol
Collection
Military
World War II
United States Coast Guard
Names
United States. Coast Guard (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1939 - 1945
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Military
Subjects
African Americans
African-American soldiers
Armed Forces -- United States
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Coast Guard
United States. Navy
Military uniforms
Atlantic Ocean
Navies
African American young men
Antiaircraft guns
Battleships
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photographic print : Gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Other local Identifier: A-44-585
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 982d3ff0-c645-012f-7e5f-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939 - 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/982d3ff0-c645-012f-7e5f-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1939 - 1945). African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/982d3ff0-c645-012f-7e5f-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/982d3ff0-c645-012f-7e5f-58d385a7bc34
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