<I>Uncle Sam Provides for Comfort of His Soldiers. Colored Troops en Route to France Taking Train Rest at Railway Division Point.</I>
date: label: Date
content: captured 1918; printed 1919
name: label: Published by
content: B. L. Singley, American, 1863 - 1936
label: Manufactured by
content: Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: 92d Infantry Division, American, 1917 - 1945
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white stereograph card showing the 92nd Infantry Division standing at attention while taking a rest on their journey to France. Several African American officers can be seen standing at attention in front of rows of regular soldiers. All of the soldiers are wearing campaign hats, tunics, breeches and leggings. The uniforms are unadorned and are lacking any visible insignia patches. A billboard in the background advertising opportunities for building sites has been whitewashed and altered to keep the name of the town anonymous. Train cars are visible in the background. Printed vertically in black on the left side of the card is “Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / Copyrighted Made in U.S.A. / Publishers.” Printed vertically in black on the right side of the card is “Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. Portland. / Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus.” Printed below the right image is “19118 – Uncle Sam Provides for Comfort of His Soldiers. / Colored Troops en Route to France Taking Train / Rest at Railway Division Point.” Printed on the top left corner on the backside of the card is “19118 – COLORED TROOPS TAKING TRAIN REST.” Two paragraphs of text explaining what the front picture depicts are also on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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: 2014.37.7.15
objectType: label: Type
content: black-and-white prints (photographs)
label: Type
content: stereographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, cardboard, adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (card): 7 × 3 3/8 × 1/16 in. (17.8 × 8.6 × 0.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (left image): 3 1/16 × 2 15/16 in. (7.8 × 7.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (right image): 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (7.8 × 7.7 cm)