Content: Caption on back: "Negro troops are largely responsible for the maintenance of all the major Quartermaster and trucking companies of the U.S. Army in Germany; Above, Private First Class John Miles of Glenwood, Maryland, left, and Technician Third Grade Rufus Ragsdale of Jacksonville, Texas, both of the 3420th Ordnance Company, give a maintenance check-up to one of the 2,5-ton trucks that is being used in the Munich area, 2-28-46."

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): a74d1950-c645-012f-8209-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Performing occupational chores in Munich" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a74d1950-c645-012f-8209-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Performing occupational chores in Munich Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a74d1950-c645-012f-8209-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Performing occupational chores in Munich" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a74d1950-c645-012f-8209-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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