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12 photos and 1 illustration tagged tan, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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Related tags

Tags that often appear on the same photos & illustrations:

• man
• usa
• 1940s
• cap
• 4x5
• libraryofcongress
• largeformat
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• portrait
• usmc
• marina
• vintage
• pose
• wings
• marine
• uniform
• military
• khaki
• slidefilm
• worldwarii
• transparency
• ww2
• backdrop
• lf

Members using this tag

• The Library of Congress 5 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 4 photos & illustrations
• Smithsonian Institution 2 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration
• North East Museums 1 photo / illustration

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Gus Worke, a farmer who came from Germany 40 years ago, Southington, Conn. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• skillful north said:

  Isn't it interesting that we see pictures of German and Italian immigrants but no Japanese? A real comment on the times.

• breakfa5t said:

  This is such a spectacular photograph.

• ftmsh said:

  amazing what a photo!

• BluesXXXXXplotion said:

  all these pics are really beautiful!! that's a very good work!

• Shouvik Roy said:

  This is an amazing portrait. The details of the skin on the face, is astounding.

Marine Corps Captain in dress blue uniform, W[orld] W[ar] II (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 11 older comments, and then…
• Expensive Destruction said:

  Superb

• Expensive Destruction said:

  Batty statistics: 1 person calls this photo a favorite Viewed 1,703 times

• fixedgear said:

  This one doesn't look that different from the current one.

• Rodney Fisk said:

  Why is his cover black?

• hard-to-find porter said:

  I just talked to my grandfather who served in WWII he said that at that time the cover could have been blue or white.

Marine Corps Major in summer uniform, W[orld] W[ar] II (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Joseph Gilbert said:

  Wow, i am glad this is up. happy new year united states.

• fixedgear said:

  I work at the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia and we buy food, clothing and medical supplies for the armed services. This crushes the current Marine Corps summer uniform like a grape. Mad style.

• abej2004 said:

  Tough Guy!

• Crystal Schaefer said:

  wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow soooooooo cool, i love it it brings back alot of memories for alot of peolpe it makes me want to cry, anyways you look good

• Julie Lyn said:

  Very dashing! Anybody out there know who he is?