African American officer standing next to his wife and holding his baby son in his hands, Honolulu
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Title
African American officer standing next to his wife and holding his baby son in his hands, Honolulu
Collection
Military
Post-World War II Activity
Troops in Hawaii
Names
United States. Army. Signal Corps (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1947-01-03
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
Hawaii
Military officers
Honolulu (Hawaii)
African American families
Fathers and sons
African American fathers
Genres
Notes
Content: Caption on back: "Captain William Reid, a member of Headquarters Detachment, Schofield Barracks, greets his wife, and son, Robert, nine months old, after they arrived in Honolulu aboard the SS Lurline; They were among the second large group of Army dependents to arrive in the Hawaiian Islands; The Reids maintain permanent residence at 1827 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., 1-3-47."
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photographic print : Gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13049857
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG96-F156
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a8cdb8b0-c645-012f-11aa-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American officer standing next to his wife and holding his baby son in his hands, Honolulu" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1947. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8cdb8b0-c645-012f-11aa-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1947). African American officer standing next to his wife and holding his baby son in his hands, Honolulu Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8cdb8b0-c645-012f-11aa-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "African American officer standing next to his wife and holding his baby son in his hands, Honolulu" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8cdb8b0-c645-012f-11aa-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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