Woman's Army Auxilliary Corps

Washington, D.C. October-November, 1942. Wartime activities of Negroes and miscellaneous views
Title: Washington, D.C. October-November, 1942. Wartime activities of Negroes and miscellaneous views
Creator(s): Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer
Related Names:
United States. Office of War Information.
Date Created/Published: 1942 Oct.-Nov.
Summary: Photographs show Washington, D.C. Wartime activities of blacks and miscellaneous views. Two second lieutenants recruiting for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). First aid class sponsored by Civilian Defense neighborhood group, official salvage collector, waterboy on construction job. A family living in an ADA housing project. Gas station, attendant and coal truckers. Boys reading funny papers. Workers and loafers around the waterfront and seafood restaurants.
Notes:
Photographed by Gordon Parks for the U.S. Office of War Information.
Negative nos. 10675-10709, 13524-13531; control card nos. 1475, 1480, 1533, etc.
LOT title and other information from catalog card and published guide: Washingtoniana photographs ... Library of Congress, 1989.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
Forms part of the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Subjects:
African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
African Americans--Employment--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
War work--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
Photographic prints--1940-1950.
Bookmark /2004667441/
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