Photographs of Joe Lewis, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and Tuskegee airman Joe Lewis
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Photograph by
content: James H. O'Neal, American, 1918 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: 99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949
label: Subject of
content: Joe Louis, American, 1914 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American, 1912 - 2002
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white vertical print sheet of (3) photographs. The first two photographs are of Joe Louis and Benjamin O. Davis Jr. The final photograph is of Louis meeting a Tuskegee Airman also named Joe Lewis. In all of the photographs, the men wear light colored military uniforms. The top and center photograph depict Joe Louis and Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. standing outside of a tent drinking coffee. In the top photo, Louis is looking down and in the center photograph, he is looking at the camera. In the bottom photograph, Joe Louis sits in the open cockpit of a plane, while Tuskegee Airman Joe Lewis reaches into the cockpit from the other side, showing Louis the controls. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Ramitelli Airfield, Campobasso, Italy, Europe
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: Collection title
content: James "Huey" O'Neal Collection of Tuskegee Airmen Photographs
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 the O'Neal family in loving memory of James "Huey" O'Neal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.63.22
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Andrea M. O'Neal
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet and image): 7 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (17.9 × 4.8 cm)