- Photograph by
- Mosser & Snell, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 1951
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- ca. 1886
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (8 x 5.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (9.6 x 5.9 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 3 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (9.9 x 6.2 cm)
- Description
- A carte-de-visite of a young man identified as a soldier of Co. B, U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment. Captured in studio against a floor length cloth backdrop, the unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly at the camera. He is wearing a bowtie, white shirt, button-down jacket, vest, bright trousers and dress shoes. The chain of a pocket-watch hangs from his vest, through a buttonhole to his proper left vest pocket. On the reverse of the photographic card is a grey sketch depicting three naked children, one riding atop a camera box on wheels. The child holds a whip in their proper right hand and rope “reins” that tug at the other two children who pull the camera cart. A butterfly hovers above the children, as well as “MOSSER & SNELL,” in black ink. Below the drawing is: [MOSSER & SNELL, / Traveling / Photographic Art Gallery / Cantonment, Ind. Terr. / Pictures copied and enlarged to any size.]. A handwritten inscription on the back reads [CO. B / 24th U.S. INF.T] along with several alpha-numeric notations.
- Place captured
- Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.