Photographic postcard of U.S. Navy sailors and an officer: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photographic postcard of eight members of the U.S. Navy. Five men stand behind three men who are crouching. Seven men wear sailor caps, and the man in the top right wears a peaked cap.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1942 - 1945
• Printed by: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: portraits
• Type: photographic postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/16 × 3 1/2 in. (13.8 × 8.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2010.36.5.27
• 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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