Photograph of a Tuskegee airman feeding chickens
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: James H. O'Neal, American, 1918 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: 99th Pursuit Squadron, American, 1941 - 1949
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of a Tuskegee airman feeding chickens. The man is depicted in an open field, crouching behind two chickens, one with light feathers and the other dark. The man wears a white undershirt, hat, sunglasses, and military dogtags. The two chickens appear to be eating out of an a small bowl. There are two ropes, likely tent guy ropes, crossing from upper left to the bottom right of the image. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.63.6
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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): 4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)