U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. Negro members of an American Army engineer's unit, on a transport bound for Liberia, Africa, take their daily setting up exercises on deck. The men are wearing a new light type of life preserver which allows freer movement than the older bulkier type formerly used
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Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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atlantic ocean
nitrate negatives
negro
troops
negro troops
way
liberia
members
negro members
american
army
engineer
american army engineer
unit
transport
africa
exercises
deck
men
light
type
light type
life
preserver
life preserver
movement
bulkier
bulkier type
images black history month
black history month
1940 s
40 s
race relations
industrial history
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
atlantic ocean
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain