No. 432 Colored Troops Receive Training on the 50 Cal. Anti-Aircraft Machine-Gun, Fort Bragg, N. C.: Museum Object and Cultural History
No. 432 Colored Troops Receive Training on the 50 Cal. Anti-Aircraft Machine-Gun, Fort Bragg, N. C.: Date: 1941 - 1944. Published by: W. R. Thompson & Co., American, 1888 - 1941. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.
The object in the museum catalogue
A photographic postcard of African American servicemen receiving training on how to use a 50 caliber anti-aircraft gun at Fort Bragg, NC. The back of the postcard contains the message [Defend Your Country - / Join the U.S. Army] in the upper left corner. In the middle, printed vertically, is [W.R. Thompson & Company, Publishers, Richmond, Virginia].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1941 - 1944
- Published by: W. R. Thompson & Co., American, 1888 - 1941
- Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
- Type: picture postcards
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (8.9 x 13.7 cm)
- Place depicted: Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Military
- Topic: Photography
- Topic: World War II
- Object number: 2010.36.5.16
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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