Keywords: (African American) soldiers in France engaged in a game of checkers in front of a Young Men's Christ . . . - NARA - 533559.tif Scope and content The full caption for this item is as follows African American soldiers in France engaged in a game of checkers in front of a Young Men's Christian Association hut at one of the camps on the Aisne front General notes 533559 Local identifier 165-WW-127 68 War Department 1789 - 09/18/1947 Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1917 - ca 1919 Record group Record Group 165 Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs 1860 - 1952 Record group ARC 494 American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs compiled 1917 - 1918 Series ARC 533461 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-165-WW-127 68 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov People playing draughts African American men World War I forces of the United States in France YMCA |