Group portrait Tuskegee Airmen from page 19 of album of Lewis C. Smith
date: label: Date
content: April 29, 1943
name: label: Compiled by
content: Lewis Curtis Smith, American, 1921 - 1997
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Heber C. Houston, American, 1919 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Lewis Curtis Smith, American, 1921 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: James E. Brothers, American, born 1914
label: Subject of
content: Arnold W. Cisco, American, 1920 - 1946
label: Subject of
content: Paul Adams, American, 1920 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: William J. Faulkner, American, 1918 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: Freddie E. Hutchins, American, 1920 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Wilson V. Eagleson, American, 1920 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Sidney J. Moseley, American, 1918 - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Ulysses S. Taylor, American, 1919 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Harold E. Sawyer, American
label: Subject of
content: Luke Joseph Weathers, American, 1920 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Leonard M. Jackson, American
label: Subject of
content: Curtis C. Robinson, American, 1917 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Vernon V. Haywood, American, 1920 - 2003
label: Subject of
content: James Carter, American
label: Subject of
content: Walter T. Foreman, American, born 1919
label: Subject of
content: Charles P. Bailey, American, 1918 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Charles I. Williams, American
notes: label: Description
content: Page 19 of a photograph album (2015.272) owned by Lewis Curtis Smith. The black colored paper page has one black and white photograph (2015.272.18a) adhered to it. The photograph depicts the nineteen members of the Tuskegee Airmen class SE-43-D. The men are in two rows. The front row of men are kneeling or squatting down in front of the back row. All of the men are wearing training uniforms, aviator helmets and goggles. The last name of every person is handwritten next to them in black ink. In the front row from left to right are Heber C. Houston, James E. Brothers, Arnold W. Cisco, Paul Adams, William J. Faulkner, Freddie E. Hutchins, Wilson V. Eagleson and Sidney J. Moseley. Standing in the back row from left to right are Ulysses S. Taylor, Harold E. Sawyer, Luke J. Weathers, Lewis C. Smith, Leonard M. Jackson, Curtis C. Robinson, Vernon V. Haywood, James Y. Carter, Walter T Foreman, Charles P. Bailey and Charles I. Williams. Also handwritten in black ink at the bottom of the photograph is: [Class SE 43-D].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: World War II
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, Gift of Victoria L.Thornton and Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.272.19a
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photograph albums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper, adhesive, silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.272.18a image): 7 1/16 × 8 3/4 in. (17.9 × 22.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2015.272.18a sheet): 7 9/16 × 9 5/16 in. (19.2 × 23.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (page 18): 8 7/16 × 10 13/16 in. (21.5 × 27.5 cm)