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Polk's Studio [Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.416 Author/Creator: Polk's Studio Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Photograph Date: no date Pagination: 1 photograph; b&w ; 8 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Photograph of LeRoi S. Williams in his pilot's uniform with a helmot and goggles on. He is looking off to the left pensively. The photograph is mounted on cardboard in a cardboard frame. At the bottom of the frame is printed "Tuskegee Inst. Ala." Near the bottom right corner is handwritten in pencil, "LeRoi". On the back of the cardboard mount a piece of paper with "Lieut/ Leroi S. Williams" typed on it has been affixed. The back of the cardboard lifts up and a flap can be inserted into a slit in the back to keep it in place. Same as the photograph of LeRoi that appears in GLC09587.130.

Williams, LeRoi S. (1919-1943)

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