Photograph album of 25th Regiment USCT soldiers owned by William A. Prickitt

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Owned by

Captain Prickitt, William A., American, 1839 - 1929

Subject of

Henry Hovington, American, 1829 - 1907

Mitchell, George H., American, born 1844

Shorts, Prince, American, 1840 - 1895

Sorden, Bayard, American, 1840 - 1920

Tennant, Theodore, American, died 1898

Watson, George H., American, born 1846

Spurrier, John H., American, born 1834

Johnson, Stephen, American, born 1832

Morris, William H., American, 1814 - 1894

Frister, Solomon, American, 1838 - 1914

White, Hiram H., American, 1846 - 1917

White, Isaiah, American, 1840 - 1920

Wilson, Christopher A., American, born 1846

Washington, George, American, born 1845

Walls, John W., American, 1845 - 1898

Tall, James, American, 1845 - 1932

25th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, American, 1864 - 1865

Date

1864-1865

On View

Community/Third Floor, 3 053

Exhibition

Double Victory: The African American Military Experience

Medium

Photograph album: leather, metal, paper;

Albumen prints: albumen and silver on paper;

Tintypes: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

Dimensions

H x W x D (Closed): 2 × 1 13/16 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm)

H x W x D (Opened): 2 × 4 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 10.2 × 2.2 cm)

Description

A pocket-sized photo album containing four albumen prints and fourteen tintypes of seventeen African American Union soldiers from the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT), Company G. One soldier, James Tall, is represented twice. All but one of the men has been identified. The names of the soldiers are written in black ink beneath their photographs. The front pastedown endpaper has “Tin Type Album” and “113” printed on it in gold colored ink. The number is inside a diamond shape. It is also bordered with a wavy gold colored line. The photographs are oriented differently from the printed text on the endpaper. The photographs are in pages with oval cutouts. Two gold colored patterned designs border the cutouts. There are six blank pages (three leaves) at the end of the photograph album. The photograph album has part of a metal latch on the front cover.

Transcription Center Status

Available for transcription

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Type

photograph albums

Topic

Men

Military

Photography

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aneita Gates, on behalf of her son, Kameron Gates, and all the Descendants of Captain William A. Prickitt

Object number

2014.88

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

Usage

CC0

GUID

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