<I>Pilot Training School: Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama</I>
date: label: Date
content: May 1944
name: label: Written by
content: Unidentified
label: Published by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Chief Charles Alfred Anderson Sr., American, 1907 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A paperback edition of Pilot Training School: Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. The full title, with both subtitles, is printed in white block text across two red banners at the top and bottom of the front cover that reads [PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL / TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE / TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, ALABAMA] and [A PICTURE BOOK OF FLYING TRAINING ACTIVITIES IN / THE DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS, TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE]. The front covers centrally features a black-and-white image six (6) men in dress uniform marching towards the left side of the image down a tree-line street. Three (3) men stand in a line in the foreground of the image, with the center man holing a United States flag. Visible behind the front row is a second row of two (2) men and third row of one (1) man. In the top left corner of the image is black, block text that reads [U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES / TRAINING EDITION]. In the bottom right corner of the image is black, block text that reads [MAY, 1944]. The book features black-and-white images and text depicting barracks life, ground work, a field day athletic competition, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, the 2211th Base Unit, a history of Tuskegee Institute, and the history of pilot training at Tuskegee. The back cover features images from historical milestones of the Tuskegee Institute. The book is thirty-two (32) unnumbered pages.
place: label: Place captured
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Alfred Anderson, Jr. in memory of Chief C. Alfred Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.57.1
objectType: label: Type
content: guidebooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 3/16 × 6 1/8 × 1/8 in. (23.4 × 15.6 × 0.3 cm)