Howard P. Perry, the first African-American US Marine Corps recruit
Portrait of Howard P. Perry, the first African-American recruit to join the US Marine Corps, which integrated in June 1941.
- Date
- 1943-03
- Photographer / author
- Roger Smith Note: Erroneously credited to John Vachon by the; see alternate shot here
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,440 × 3,000 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"Howard P. Perry, the first African-American US Marine Corps recruit" (1943-03). Roger Smith Note: Erroneously credited to John Vachon by the; see alternate shot here. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howard_P._Perry,_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 120480.
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