Sujet

Picture postcard of a volunteer serving troops out of a Red Cross “Clubmobile", ca. 1945. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A picture postcard of African-American volunteers in a Red Cross "Clubmobile" serving coffee to U.S. servicemen. The text above the image reads: [PASSED BY U. S. ARMY CENSOR No. 21 E. T. O., U. S. A.], and text below the image reads" ["MIGHTY PROUD TO SERVE YOU]. The back of the picture postcard has pre-printed postcard marking in brown ink that include the Correspondence section, Address section, Stamp section and information about sending postcard. The postcard is unused.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_113

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

83,2Mo (2,0Mo) / 36,3cm x 57,4cm / 4292 x 6776 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits picture postcards drink female women woman people black male man men education country guy coffee museum war location Armed Forces century mobile van soldiers soldier canteen concept African American African-American B&W 1940s afro-american Army warfare Red Cross volunteer volunteers Forties road Transport United States of America Smithsonian Institution World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W world war 2 servicemen Educational Institution 20th century serviceman heritage American America USA decade humanitarian scientific institution Second World War WW2 photograph portrait postcard voluntary united states 2nd World War Unknown mobile canteen Ink on paper cultural heritage Black History