Portrait of Tuskegee Airman William Johnson Jr.
Object Details
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a Tuskegee airman. The airman faces the camera but his gaze is directed just off center. He is wearing an enlisted-man's cap insignia and a cowhide B-15 jacket with a removable fur collar. The matting is signed just below the bottom right corner of the print in black ink [Love, /Bill]. The matting has two attached panels which, when utilized, would allow the print to stand upright and be displayed. On the inside of these panels is more text in the same hand. The first panel reads [To my darling wife to/be. I love you/Signed/Bill]. The second panel reads [P.F.C. William Johnson]n Jr./16008982 [illegible] U.S.A / 3502 [illegible] / Chanute Field, [illegible]].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1941-1950
- Object number
- 2014.37.9.3
- Photograph by
- Evans Studio, American
- Subject of
- William Johnson Jr., American
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 3/8 × 2 15/16 in. (11.1 × 7.5 cm)
- H x W (Mat): 7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (18.7 × 12.9 cm)
- H x W (Open): 18 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 1/8 in. (47.3 × 13.5 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W (Closed): 7 5/8 × 5 5/16 × 3/16 in. (19.4 × 13.5 × 0.5 cm)
- Place captured
- Chanute Field Air Force Base, Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Topic
- African American
- Military
- Photography
- Tuskegee Airmen
- World War II
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.37.9.3
