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Title	Pigs and chickens at Youngsholm photograph
Subject	Animals Animal feeding Farm life -- Ohio Farming Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Place	Wilberforce (Ohio) Greene County (Ohio)
Description	Photograph of a pig, piglets and chickens feeding at Youngsholm, the farm of Major Charles Young. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty.
Collection	MSS 3
Submitting Institution	National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Type	StillImage
File Name	NAM_MSS3_B02F71_01.tif
Image Height	1632
Image Width	2670
File Size	13099496 Bytes
Format	picture