[BUFFALO SOLDIERS]. A large collection of photographs and documents related to 19th-20th century African American military service.

Lot of 73 silver gelatin photographs ca. mid-19th to mid-20th century depicting African American military personnel from the American Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. Notable in the archive are images of Company B 758th Heavy Tank Battalion taken at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in October, 1948. Also included are documents including: discharge paper of Private John Robinson of the 9th US Cavalry discharged September 15, 1874; pension issued to a 104th Regiment US Colored Troops veteran dated 1912; and the discharge papers of Corporal Benjamin Wilson dated 1919. Items range from 5 x 3 in. to 11 1/2 x 14 in. (some creases and folds along the corners with flaking backing, some water discolorations, and few examples of splitting down the middle).

Additional imagery includes: panoramic photo of the 310th Quartermaster Fumigation & Bath Battalion Major C.W. Doubleday, Battalion Commander, taken at Camp Ellis, Illinois in September, 1943; ten African American members of the 247th Ord. Amm. Co. photographed in front of a captured Japanese marked tire; General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the first African American Brigadier General; picture post cards of soldiers addressed to family members; unit photographs; training photographs; and personnel including members of the US Navy, US Army, Medical Corps, and US Army Air Corps.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.