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Summary
Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches).
Annotation in or on original negative jacket.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 36, frame 20.
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liberia
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united states office of war information
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american forces
american soldiers
american auspices
air bases
negro units
negro freedmen
office of war information
farm security administration
race relations
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Location
liberia
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain