Family walks down the street, Cairo

Gift In Memory of Joseph B. Johnson
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Photograph. Souvenir. A woman holding an infant witha basket on her head leads a blind man and a young barefoot child down the street. Official caption: "5. Beggars in Cairo Streets [from envelope]." Personal caption: "Beggars in Cairo Streets she has a baby in her arms." Cairo, Egypt. No date

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1945
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Items from the service of Joseph B. Johnson, who was born in Slidell, Louisiana on July 29, 1910. He enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the Air Corps on October 10, 1942 and served in the Middle East as part of the U.S. Army Forces, Africa-Middle East Theater (AMET) with the 1264th AAF Base Unit, 63rd Air Depot Group. The collection contains a scrapbook, ephemera, and over 300 souvenir photographs from Johnson's service in the Middle East.
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Al-Qāhirah
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30.050
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31.250