(MILITARY--WORLD WAR TWO.) SLEDES, G. [?] Oil portrait of an African-American soldier. Painted on artist's board 25 x 20-1/2 inches, in what appears to be the original wide (2-1/2") tiger oak frame. Signed in the upper left corner, "G.Sledes, '45." Np, 1945
A faint pencil note on the reverse reads: "This is the property of John H. Turner, 157 West Street, Frederick." Census records, city directories and his gravestone indicate that John H.P. Turner (1907-1992) of Frederick, MD lived with his wife Annie at 157 West All Saints Street from 1935 to 1960. Turner served as an Army Technician, 5th grade in WWII. After the war, he worked variously as a paper-hanger, cook and elevator operator. On the reverse are the names of four German men. Someone has anglicized the spelling as to be more legible and pronounceable. Whether these men were prisoners of war in Turner's charge or not we were unable to determine.
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