Photographic postcard of Charles Wilbur Rogan with his unit in the Philippines
date: label: Date
content: 1910-1919
name: label: Published by
content: Eastman Kodak Company, founded 1889
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Charles Wilber Rogan, American, 1893 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: Wilbur "Bullet" or "Bullet Joe" Rogan was a hall of fame baseball player who served with the United States army in the Philippines. Rogan played pitcher and outfielder in the Negro baseball leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1920 to 1938.
label: Description
content: Photographic postcard of Charles Wilbur Rogan standing in grassy, hilly field along with eleven other soldiers. Two of the soldiers are manning a machine gun while the others look on. The back of the photographic postcard is unused and has [POST CARD] printed in black at the top and blank spaces for [CORRESPONDENCE] and [ADDRESS]. In the upper right corner, there is a [ARTURA] stamp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Philippines, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2012.46.55.2
objectType: label: Type
content: photographic postcards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)