Photograph of Colonel James E. Randall with his returned flight helmet: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Colonel Randall (left), Gary “Paco” Gregg (center), and Dominique Eluere (right) standing next to Colonel Randall’s flight helmet at Randall’s home. The helmet (2023.70.1a) is at the center of the photograph in a wooden case. Service medals are displayed in the background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013-2019
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Owned by: James E. Randall, American, 1926 - 2019
• Subject of: Gary Gregg, American
• Subject of: Dominique Eluere
• Type: color photographs
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (image): 7 15/16 × 10 5/16 in. (20.2 × 26.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 in. (21 × 27 cm)
• Place captured: Colorado, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Aeronautics
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Tuskegee Airmen
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2023.70.21
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Essie Aldrich Randall and Wish of a Lifetime from AARP
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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