Photographic portrait of a soldier inside decorative military frame
date: label: Date
content: 1918
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: President Woodrow Wilson, American, 1856 - 1924
label: Subject of
content: General John J. Pershing, American, 1860 - 1948
notes: label: Description
content: A commerically produced cardboard frame holding a black and white photographic portrait of asoldier. The frame has an intaglio imprint marked "LIBERTY - JUSTICE - TO ALL." A bald eagle with outstretched wings is below the text. There is an oval shaped window with the picture of an unidentified African Amwerican soldier in uniform below the statement and the eagle. The unidentified soldier has only one brass insignia pinned to his collar which means he did not complete his training at the time the photograph was taken. The border around the oval window consists of flowers and the word "VICTORY" at the top and the year "1918" at the bottom. On either side of the photograph is an oval insert of President Woodrow Wilson on the left and General J.J. Pershing on the right. Below the photograph is a battle scene that consists of a cannon being fired into the distance with a soldier operating the cannon along with a Red Cross truck and two men carrying another on a stretcher.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.155.88
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink, cardboard, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 1/16 × 11 × 3/16 in. (35.7 × 27.9 × 0.5 cm)