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Black and white photograph of Alonzo Swann, a Black man, receiving a Navy Cross certificate fro…
Alonzo A. Swann Navy Cross Ceremony
Black and white photograph of Alonzo Swann, a Black man, receiving a Navy Cross certificate fro…
Black and white photograph of Alonzo Swann, a Black man, receiving a Navy Cross certificate from a white admiral

Alonzo A. Swann Navy Cross Ceremony

Object NamePhotograph
Pictured
Association
DateNovember 3, 1993
PeriodMuseum Era
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. P00.2018.06.18
Object numberP00.2018.06.18
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal image of Alonzo Swann, in a suit and glasses at left, receiving a Navy Cross citation from Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, then the Chief of Naval Operations. Swann, who is Black, has medium dark skin and Kelso has light skin. They are turned towards an audience as if posing for a picture. People with cameras are taking photographs in the foreground of the image. There is a picture covered by a black cloth behind the men. An American flag is in the background.

This is an enlarged copy of one of the images from contact sheet P00.2018.06.17.

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Black and white photograph of Alonzo Swann, a Black man, receiving a Navy Cross certificate fro…
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Black and white negative contact strip with seven images of Alonzo A. Swann's Navy Cross ceremo…
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