Wellington H. Cleaver photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Cleaver, Wellington H.
place: label: Place
content: Accra (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Africa
creator: label: Photographer
content: Cleaver, Wellington H.
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Technical Sergeant Wellington H. Cleaver while on military tour in Western Africa, circa 1944.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Wellington Hoyt (Bill) Cleaver, b. 1913, in Roaring Creek, Pennsylvania, d. 1992, was stationed on the Gold Goast of West Africa as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Assigned to the 556th (MAROC), Tech Sergeant Cleaver repaired and ferried aircraft to various site in Africa. He had a passion for taking pictures and pursued his hobby during this time. After his discharge he became a beauty supply salesperson and an uphosterer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 306 Photographic prints ((8 albums), black & white, 5.5 x 8 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1944
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
label: Container
content: Box 2
label: Container
content: Box 3
label: Container
content: Box 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1993-025
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Images indexed by negative number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs