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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  The full caption for this item is as follows: American Red Cross Rest Room for [African American] soldiers and sailors. [African American] sailors in the rest room of the Red Cross headquarters, Branch Number 6, of the New Orleans Chapter. This room has been fitted for the use of the [African American] sailors and soldiers by Louise J. Ross.</li></ul><p class="mw-empty-elt">
</p><dl><dd>Shows room with African-American sailors and soldiers, all but one in uniform, around a large table, most sitting on chairs. The table has a typewriter, inkwell, pens and paper. Some servicemen are writing, others are reading books. On the wall are US flag designs,  pictures of President Woodrow Wilson and of Booker T. Washington.</dd></dl></div>
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American Red Cross (02/12/1978 - ), Photographer (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://research.archives.gov/person/1107031">NARA record: 1107031</a>)<br></div>
1917 - ca. 1919
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