Title Work Title No: 5785 Medium: Documentation Date: May 1996 (Created) Original Summary: 260 photographs: black and white; 4x6 in. (including doubles) with 2 rolls of corresponding 35 mm. strip negative and 55 photographs: color; 4x6 in. Photos show 369th Regiment veterans as well as other notable people attending and speaking at the unveiling ceremony of the Henry Johnson bronze bust in Washington Park, Albany, New York. William Miles, performer Gregory Hines, General Rosetta Y. Burke (first African-American woman General), Earle I. Mack (Chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts), Al Mitchell (369th Veterans' Association's National President), and Jean-Claude Baker (son of Josephine Baker). Also has close-ups of the statue and monument and Henry Johnson Blvd. street sign. Of particular note are images of older veterans such as Herbert Young, 110-year-old World War I veteran, and color images of sculpter Vincent J. Forte working on and posing with the statue prior to its unveiling. Countries of Origin: U.S.A. Forms: Group portraits; Snapshots; Portrait photographs
Notes: Sourced Used: Sergeant Henry Johnson website (errors found): http://www.albany.edu/cuyt/HJ/hj.html Albany, New York website: http://www.albany.org/pages/listings/show_listingDetail.asp?ent_id=2739&mem_id=Yes&sort=Attractions&hd=Attractions&showSub= | Items x2
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