Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham Lincoln
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- President Lincoln, Abraham, American, 1809 - 1865
- Brown, James, American, born 1832
- Date
- May 1936
- Medium
- photographic gelatin on photographic paper and paint; paper; ink on newsprint; blue pencil
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Elderly African American man with a beard, in a suit, tie, and hat and wearing military medals is turned 3/4 to look at the framed picture of Abraham Lincoln he is holding. Reverse: a newspaper clipping of the same photograph, stamped in purple ink "AMERICAN MAY 29 1936". The title of the article is "Vet, 104, in Parade" with caption in bold and italics: "JAMES BROWN, 104 YEARS OLD! Oldest war veteran left in Illinois." Photograph was intentionally hand-colored with white paint to improve reproduction of the photograph in printed media; the clipping in which the photograph appears is pasted to a paper which is adhered to the photograph.
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- Object number
- 2011.51.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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