- Photograph by
- Wilkes, J. G., American
- Subject of
- Sumner, Charles Sr., American
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 3/4 x 4 in. (14.6 x 10.1 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (15.9 x 10.7 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone cabinet photograph of U. S. Army Buffalo Soldier, Charles Sumner Sr. of Co. G of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Captured at Fort Still, Oklahoma, Charles Sumner Sr. wears a small cap featuring two crossed rifles with a “24” at the top and a “G” at the bottom, and a dark button- down jacket. At the bottom of the of the photograph card, inscribed in dark ink, is: [Charles Sumner S]. On the reverse of the cabinet card, inscribed in ink, is: [Charles Sumner Sr. Fort Sill, Indian Territory].
- Place captured
- Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




