Panoramic photo of Co mpany . 401—H. H. Brooks—S R ? A 7c Co. Comd’r. Apr. 6, 1944 U.S. Naval Training Station—Great Lakes, Ill inois

by U S. Navy

$650 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

North Chicago , Illinois, 6 April 1944. Panoramic silverprint photograph, 7.25” x 20.5”, plus margins. CONDITION: Very good, strong tonality, a few minor abrasions and light stains along margins. A striking World War II-era photograph showing some 144 African American Navy servicemen of Company 401 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station on Lake Michigan in Illinois.

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