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Title: [Real photo postcard portrait showing two African American World War I soldiers posed with an American flag]
Description: Portrait taken at a European studio and depicting two American infantry men in their uniforms, seated at a small table with an ink well, and with the soldier in the left holding the staff of an America flag in his left hand. He looks toward the viewer and holds a pen with his right hand on a piece of paper. He wears a pinky ring on his right hand. Soldier, seated in right, looks toward the viewer, his legs are crossed and he and holds a book in his lap. Each man is attired in an infantry uniform comprised of a full-button front jacket with closed collar, breeches, leggings, and boots. The soldier in the left also wears a side cap and his jacket contains the insigia of seargent on the arm. Background includes drapery and backdrop depicting the promenade of a pavilion. Two African American combat divisions were formed and saw combat on the Western Front in Europe and included the 92nd Division, under U.S. command and the 93rd Division (comprised of four Infantry Regiments: the 369th, 370th, 371st and 372nd), initially under French command. The 369th Infantry Regiment became renown as the “Harlem Hellfighters” from their excellence in battle. Over two million Black men registered for the draft and nearly 370,000 saw service., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Divided back., Printed on verso: Carte Postale., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program.
Date: [ca. 1918]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Portraits - World [P.2026.2]

Title: Charge of the colored troops - San Juan
Description: Commemorative print of the Spanish-American War depicting members of the African American regiments of soldiers during the Battle of Kettle Hill, generally known as the Battle of San Juan Hill, on July 1, 1898. Shows, in the left and foreground, African American soldiers, three with head wounds, lying on the ground, on their knees, back, and side. They are portrayed with blood flowing from their wounds, and two likely portrayed to have been killed. Behind and near the men, their fellow soldiers charge, carry an American flag, aim and shoot, and/or engage in hand-to-hand combat with Spanish soldiers, many of whom lay or fall injured and/or dead. In the background, a military fort and charging Spanish soldiers under gun fire and explosions are visible. View also shows firearms, a drum, wagon wheel, and a crate laying in the grass of the battleground. The Spanish American War was the conflict between Spain and the United State originating with the Cuban War of Independence. Cuba gained independence and the United States acquired the territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands from Spain. The regular army's four Black troops (9th and10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry) and thousands of Black men volunteers served during the war. African American troop's service during the war caused controversy within the African American community which still did not have equal civil rights as citizens of the United States. Nearly thirty Black soldiers from the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25th Infantry were killed during the battle., Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1907 by James Lee Co. Chicago., Printed in lower right: 3838.
Date: 1907
Location: *GC - Spanish American War [P.2023.32.3]

Title: [Abraham Lincoln miscellany]
Description: Collection of miscellaneous Lincoln prints and ephemera, including a circa 1880 right-profile, photo mechanical portrait print of the president; 1909 souvenirs from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLUS) and the Philadelphia Electric Company in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Lincoln; and a series of ca. 1890 illustrations of medals commemorating and memorializing him. Imagery on souvenirs includes a portrait of Lincoln bordered by an American and MOLUS flag and the reproduced Jean Leon Gerome Ferris painting "Lincoln and the Contrabands" depicting Lincoln greeting an African American woman freedom seeker with her two children. Scene also shows African American men and women freedom seekers near a Union soldier, including a woman sitting with her head in her hands and an older man who takes his hat off., Title supplied by cataloger., Artists, printers, and publishers include Jean Leon Gerome Ferris and Wolf & Co., 5792.F.94c contains copyright statement: painting only copyrighted, Wolf & Co, Philada, 1908., During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war.", RVCDC, Description revised 2021., Access points 2021., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of materials related to Abraham Lincoln. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
Date: 1880
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Lincoln [5792.F.88d; 5792.F.92a-d&93a&c; 5792.F.93d; and 5792.F.94c]

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