Photograph of United States Army troops in France
date: label: Date
content: March 29, 1919
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph of American troops in France standing in front of Chateau Chehery in 1919. The men are standing in their full uniforms in rows in front of a large two-story building. Two groups of soldiers, on the outer left and right, have their rifles over their shoulders. The higher ranked soldiers stand in the front row with an American flag and army flag behind. The band can be seen on the right holding their instruments. The back has a handwritten inscription in graphite that reads, [March 29. 1919 / Chateau Chehery / France].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chéhéry, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War I
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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: 2018.19.5.6
objectType: label: Type
content: photographs
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (14.9 × 20 cm)