Portrait of Tuskegee Airman William Johnson Jr.
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Evans Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: William Johnson Jr., American
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a Tuskegee airman. The airman faces the camera but his gaze is directed just off center. He is wearing an enlisted-man's cap insignia and a cowhide B-15 jacket with a removable fur collar. The matting is signed just below the bottom right corner of the print in black ink [Love, /Bill]. The matting has two attached panels which, when utilized, would allow the print to stand upright and be displayed. On the inside of these panels is more text in the same hand. The first panel reads [To my darling wife to/be. I love you/Signed/Bill]. The second panel reads [P.F.C. William Johnson]n Jr./16008982 [illegible] U.S.A / 3502 [illegible] / Chanute Field, [illegible]].
place: label: Place captured
content: Chanute Field Air Force Base, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: World War II
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.37.9.3
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.1 × 7.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mat): 7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (18.7 × 12.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Open): 18 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 1/8 in. (47.3 × 13.5 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Closed): 7 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.5 × 0.5 cm)