Page 1 of album belonging to Lewis C. Smith: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Page 1 of a photograph album (2015.272) owned by Lewis Curtis Smith. The black colored page contains one black and white gelatin silver print photograph.

2015.272.1a: A photograph of oxen walking down a city street. Pedestrians are also on the street. Handwritten text above the photograph reads "Outskirts of Naples, Italy / 1943-4." Handwritten text below the photograph reads "Naples near Quarters."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1943-1944
• Compiled by: Lewis Curtis Smith, American, 1921 - 1997
• Subject of: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: photograph albums
• Medium: paper, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 4 5/8 × 6 11/16 in. (11.8 × 17 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 4 15/16 × 7 in. (12.5 × 17.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (page): 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm)
• Place captured: Naples, Campania, Napoli, Italy, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Aeronautics
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Tuskegee Airmen
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2015.272.1a
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Victoria L.Thornton and Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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