Photograph of Thomas Smith at base camp with inscription on back
date: label: Date
content: 1965-1970
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Thomas Smith, American, died 1987
notes: label: Description
content: Color photograph of Thomas Smith holding an M16 rifle. Smith is wearing fatigues, a hat, and sunglasses. Military vehicles and three men in fatigues are visible in the background. The photograph is torn on the bottom left side and is adhered to a backing. A handwritten inscription on the back reads: [This is base camp 7c / me and my / girlfriend / sweet 16 / m-16 that is / we call them / black power].
place: label: Place used
content: Viet Nam, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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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, Gift of Devlin Culliver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.163.2
objectType: label: Type
content: chromogenic color 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: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (10.8 x 8.6 cm)