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(MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Album of the victory parade of the Harlem Hellfighters. 9 photographs, each about 5 x 7 inches, laid down in an album. Oblong 4to, 7 x 11 inches, original limp calf gilt-stamped "The Last Objective, Old Fifteenth." New York, 17 February 1919
These photographs depict the victory parade of the 369th Infantry Regiment (formerly the 15th New York National Guard), best known to history as the Harlem Hellfighters. After a distinguished year on the front lines in France, they returned home to this massive parade through Harlem. The New York Sun's headline that day read "Immense Throngs Welcome Negro Veterans in Parade up Fifth Avenue." The first photograph is of a letter written by an unidentified "W.H." to his sister dated the midnight ... These photographs depict the victory parade of the 369th Infantry Regiment (formerly the 15th New York National Guard), best known to history as the Harlem Hellfighters. After a distinguished year on the front lines in France, they returned home to this massive parade through Harlem. The New York Sun's headline that day read "Immense Throngs Welcome Negro Veterans in Parade up Fifth Avenue." The first photograph is of a letter written by an unidentified "W.H." to his sister dated the midnight of the parade, describing the excitement. The other eight (all by Underwood & Underwood of New York) show the troops marching down the street, surrounded by crowds, banners, and flags; one shows the regimental band.