Real photo postcard studio portrait of a young African American man wearing a U.S. Navy uniform. Service ribbons pinned to his uniform suggest the man was a veteran of World War II. Ink note on recto above image indicates the man's name was Bennie.

• 1944?

• Johnston's Photo Studio (Oakland, Calif.)

• Turner, Steve (Art dealer)

1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; 14 x 9 cm (postcard format)

still image

Photo studio name from blind stamp.

Title devised by cataloger.

• Oakland (Calif.)

• African American sailors
• African Americans
• Photographs
• World War, 1939-1945

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Mms: 991023417039406535

Oakland, California

Unknown (US)

Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.

Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" or any license applied to this work requires written permission of the copyright holders(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)

2021-12-10