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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
AFRICAN AMERICAN
SOLDIERS
page 3
5th Provisional Company officers reserve training Camp Ft. Des Moines Ia.
Photograph shows a large group portrait of African American officers
from the 5th Provisional Company seated and standing in front of a building at the Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1917
Richards, William Henry, 1856-1941, collector
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Members of Company C, 372nd Infantry Regiment
1918
Notation on verso: "Uncle Floyd, 372 Inf. Co. C”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
True sons of freedom
Print shows African American soldiers fighting German soldiers in World War I,
and head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln above.
Chicago : Chas. Gustrine, 1918.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Unidentified African American recruits for the 15th New York National Guard Regiment
heading to Camp Upton, New York
Photograph shows group portrait of men recruited for the 15th New York National Guard Regiment, later known as the 369th Infantry Regiment, wearing armbands
Entrained Camp Upton, N.Y.
between 1917 and 1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Negro soldier reading to boys who can't read.
Camp Gordon, Ga. 1917-18
Photograph shows young men sitting in semi-circle listening to another man reading from a book;
other soldiers in camp stand nearby.
between 1917 and 1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Yaphank -- examining package
Photograph shows African American soldier examining a package at Camp Upton,
a U.S. Army installation located on Long Island, in Yaphank, New York, during World War I.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
1917 September 11
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Unidentified African American soldiers in camp
Photograph shows soldiers relaxing in camp, one plays guitar, another holds a trumpet
between 1917 and 1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Unidentified African American regimental band
Photograph shows group portrait of soldiers with their musical instruments.
between 1917 and 1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
African American jazz band during World War I
probably in the "Buffalo Auditorium"
at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, New York State.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016 and related print in PR 06 CN 133
1918 May 27
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House
1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
U.S. Army Infantry troops, African American unit, marching northwest of Verdun, France,
in World War I
1918 Nov. 5
Photograph by U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Verdun
Argonne
302nd Eng. repairing road over trench and 92nd Div. (colored) machine gunners going into action, Argonne Forest, France
Photograph shows engineers of the 302nd Engineer Regiment repairing a roadway over a trench
and African American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo Soldiers)
in a trench headed into action in the Argonne Forest, France,
during World War I.
between 1917 and 1918
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Bazoches
The skirmish line of the Graves Registration Service
This skirmish line (detail of Company A, 321 Labor Batallion)
is searching for bodies along the south bank of the Vesle River, near Bazoches.
The stretchers are used to transport the bodies to the cemetery.
Photograph shows African American staff of Company A, 321 Labor Batallion,
Graves Registration Service, carrying stretchers in grassy area
on the Vesle River near Bazoches, Nièvre, France.
Dec. 2, 1918
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Fère en Tardenois
One of the trenches ready for the reception of the bodies at the cemetery at Fère en Tardenois
Signal Corps, U.S.A.
Afro-American soldiers digging trench for mass burial.
Dec. 2, 1918
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Fère en Tardenois
Filling in the graves at Fère en Tardenois cemetery
Signal Corps, U.S.A.
Afro-American soldiers of the 321st Labor Battalion,
filling trenches in which American dead are buried.
Dec. 2, 1918
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps photograph
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C