- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- mid to late 19th century
- Medium
- silver and collodion on printing-out paper and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (16.2 x 11.4 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card portrait of a newspaper carrier. The man is pictured standing in the center of the image against a light background. He is dressed in a dark hat and jacket, with a canvas newspaper carrier bag full of papers worn over his shoulder. In his proper right hand, he leans on a carved wooden walking stick. The photograph is cut to an oval shape and mounted on dark gray cardboard.
- Place captured
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- collodion prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Communication
- Journalism
- Labor
- Men
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.155.65
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




