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Smith, Roger

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The Civilian defense education [1940s] consists of photographs produced by the Office of War Information documenting civilian defense programs in nursery, primary and secondary schools in the Washington, D.C. area; Some of activities portrayed are military drills, physical fitness, cooking, demonstrations, war bond and stamp drives, tending gardensm recycling, and constructing model airplanes.Original negative # : D-10195 ; Caption on back: "Military drill has become an important part of the curriculum at Dunbar High School, Washington, D. C., for girls as well as boys; In a recent competitive drill, Company C., under command of Capt. Crystal Malone, was adjusted the outstanding military unit among the girls of the school; Photo shows the judge saluting the winning company following a review; Left to right: Lt. James Chambers of Ft. Huachuca,, Ariz., First Officer Harriet West, Second Officer Mildred Osby and Second Officer Ina Mae McFadden of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; Miss Julia Brooks, assistant principal of Dunbar High school; Captain Cornelius King, Cadet Corps instructor, and Lt. Col. H.O. Atwood, chief of Military Science and Tactics Department of the Colored High Schools of Washington.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Created Date:
1943
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Education

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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 Men
  2. African American Women
  3. African Americans
  4. Cadets
  5. Civil Defense
  6. Education
  7. Saluting
  8. War Work
  9. Washington (D.C.)
  10. Women
  11. World War, 1939 1945

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