The first Negro soldier to be assigned to Armed Forces Network overseas, Pvt. Adolph Baxter, Jr., of Pontiac, Michigan, twirls a dial on a transmitter in Paris, France
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The first Negro soldier to be assigned to Armed Forces Network overseas, Pvt. Adolph Baxter, Jr., of Pontiac, Michigan, twirls a dial on a transmitter in Paris, France
Collection
Military
Post-World War II Activity
Troops in France
Names
United States. Army. Signal Corps (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1945-09-01
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
France
Transistor radio transmitters
Paris (France)
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
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a29e4ae0-c645-012f-9e2a-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The first Negro soldier to be assigned to Armed Forces Network overseas, Pvt. Adolph Baxter, Jr., of Pontiac, Michigan, twirls a dial on a transmitter in Paris, France" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1945. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a29e4ae0-c645-012f-9e2a-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1945). The first Negro soldier to be assigned to Armed Forces Network overseas, Pvt. Adolph Baxter, Jr., of Pontiac, Michigan, twirls a dial on a transmitter in Paris, France Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a29e4ae0-c645-012f-9e2a-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "The first Negro soldier to be assigned to Armed Forces Network overseas, Pvt. Adolph Baxter, Jr., of Pontiac, Michigan, twirls a dial on a transmitter in Paris, France" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a29e4ae0-c645-012f-9e2a-58d385a7bc34
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