Continuous service records for Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.
date: label: Date
content: 1917-1945
name: label: Printed by
content: United States Navy, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: Alton Augustus Adams Sr., Danish West Indian American, 1889 - 1987
notes: label: Description
content: A tri-fold booklet holding Alton Augustus Adam’s Continuous Service Records from 1917-1945. The notebook has five interior pages that are off-white with black type. The pages are divided by titled columns at the top, with fill-in-the-blank squares below. The pages are filled in with typed and handwritten text throughout. Each page is filled out on the front and back. The pages are fastened on the left with two metal clasps. The clasps are bent over on the interior with button ends on the exterior. The cover is cardboard covered with a green fabric. The cover folds with the pages. Glued to the inside in the back is an off-white paper with black type. This paper is titled “INSTRUCTIONS / BUREAU OF NAVIGATION / NAVY DEPARTMENT / May 9, 1921.” There is also a round edged tab above the instructions page, with an off-white sticker, and black ink hand writing, reading “Alton A. Adams / 67782” at center.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Marching bands (Music)
label: Topic
content: Military
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alton A. Adams, Jr. Trustee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.263.5
objectType: label: Type
content: documents
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: ink on paper, cardboard, fabric, metal
label: Dimensions
content: closed: 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 × 1 5/8 in. (15.9 × 9.5 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: open: 6 1/4 × 14 1/8 × 1 in. (15.9 × 35.9 × 2.5 cm)