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Inspection tour of defense schools in Baltimore; Lt. Harrison addressing a group of students in Defense School # 453

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

United States. Army. Signal Corps

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1939 1945
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Students
  2. African Americans
  3. Baltimore (Md.)
  4. Defense Industry
  5. Occupational Training
  6. War Work

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