Lot of twelve real photo postcards of male African American naval recruits during World War II.

by U S. Navy

$675 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, IL, July 30, 1943. 12 real photo postcards, 5.875” x 3.5”. Inscriptions in pencil and blue ink at lower margin. CONDITION: Very good. A wonderful gathering of full-length portraits of Black navy recruits in uniform, many posed in various drill and ceremonial positions, at the mammoth naval training center in Great Lakes, Illinois.This lot of portraits show young recruits variously

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