Photograph of four Tuskegee Airmen writing letters home
date: label: Date
content: 1942-1945
name: label: Photograph by
content: Robert S. Scurlock, American, 1916 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of the inside of a military bunkhouse with four men on beds writing letters. There are five beds pictured left to right with a trunk at the foot of all but the fourth bed and additional suitcases atop the trunks on the second and third beds. The four men pictured are in various stages of dress. There is also a fifth man lying on the first bed with just his legs showing and a sixth man standing next to the first bed with just his left side showing. There are shelves with various objects placed on them next to each bed between the windows.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
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: Scurlock Family Archive
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
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 Scurlock family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: TA2014.306.3.1.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Robert Scurlock
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: 4 15/16 × 7 1/16 in. (12.5 × 17.9 cm)