Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996.
2. Layne, Cecil.
3. De Mille, Arnold C., 1908-1996.
4. Smith, Roger.
5. United States. Office of War Information.
6. International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
7. United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Description

1. 3531 items (9.9 lin. ft., 39 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.

Summary

1. The Military collection documents primarily the military activities of African Americans in the United States armed forces, dating from the American Revolution to the mid-1980s.

Subject

1. United States > Army > Cavalry, 10th
2. World War, 1939-1945 > African Americans
3. Liberty ships
4. Salem, Peter, 1750-1816
5. United States > Army > Officers
6. United States > Army > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
7. United States > Naval Reserve > Women's Reserve
8. United States > Army > Cavalry, 9th
9. United States > Army > Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
10. United States > Navy > Officers
11. Mulzac, Hugh, 1886-1971
12. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Participation, Afro-American
13. Photojournalism > New York (N.Y.) > 1940-1949
14. United States > Army Air Forces
15. Military life > United States > 1860-1989
16. Photographic prints > 1900-1989
17. Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
18. United States > Army > Army, 5th
19. Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
20. Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002
21. Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
22. United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
23. African American soldiers
24. Group portraits > 1860-1989
25. Spanish-American War, 1898 > Campaigns > Cuba
26. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, Afro-American
27. African American sailors
28. African American air pilots
29. United States > Army > Women's Army Corps
30. Facsimiles
31. Photographic prints > Color > 1950-1989
32. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Afro-American
33. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Participation, Afro-American
34. Portrait photographs > 1900-1989
35. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, Afro-American
36. United States > Navy > African Americans
37. Photographic postcards > 1910-1919
38. Military education > United States > 1940-1989
39. World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Afro-American
40. Military camps > United States > 1940-1959
41. United States > Marine Corps > African American troops
42. Soldiers, Black
43. Women > Military service > 1940-1989
44. Ships > Launching
45. Horne, Lena
46. Line photomechanical prints
47. United States > Air Force > African Americans
48. United States > Army > African American troops
49. Silver gelatin prints > 1900-1989
50. Europe, James Reese, 1881-1919
51. Naval yards & naval stations > United States > 1940-1989
52. Military training > United States > 1900-1989
53. Military bases > United States
54. Harlem Servicemen's Center
55. Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.)
56. Photomechanical prints
57. United States > Marine Corps > Officers
58. United States > Coast Guard
59. United States > Air Force > Fighter Group, 332nd
60. National Maritime Union of America
61. Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1900-1989.
2. Group portraits – 1860-1989.
3. Photographic postcards – 1910-1919.
4. Photographic prints – 1900-1989.
5. Silver gelatin prints – 1900-1989.
6. Photographic prints – Color – 1950-1989.
7. Photomechanical prints.
8. Line photomechanical prints.
9. Facsimiles.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Military

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Some items have photographer's handstamp on verso; some items have studio blind stamp on recto.
3. Many photographs have agency's photo credit handstamped or machine printed on verso; some agency photos include credit to an individual photographer either machine printed on verso, or included as a separate photographer's handstamp on verso; some items have only agency's ownership handstamp on verso or include photographer's handstamp on verso.
4. Many items have descriptive information on verso or recto; many items have press releases attached to verso.
5. Some photographs are duplicates; some are airbrushed; some are cropped; some have cropping marks.
6. Photographers include Cecil Layne, Austin Hansen, Roger Smith, Arnold C. DeMille, the Office of War Information, International News Photos, and others.

Terms of use (note)

1. Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid

Title

1. Military [graphic].

Imprint

1. [186-?-198-]

Terms of use

1. Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Indexes

1. Finding aid: folder level control.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. FInding aid

Added author

1. Hansen, Austin, 1910-1996. Photographer
2. Layne, Cecil. Photographer
3. De Mille, Arnold C., 1908-1996. Photographer
4. Smith, Roger. Photographer
5. United States. Office of War Information.
6. International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
7. United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Military