- Photograph by
- Mosser & Snell, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Created by
- 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
- Subject of
- 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 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.8 x 5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (9.6 x 5.8 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (9.6 x 6.3 cm)
- Description
- A carte-de-visite of an unidentified soldier of Co. B, U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment.Captured in studio against a floor length cloth backdrop, an unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly into the camera. He wears a uniform of bowtie, white shirt; dark button-down vest and jacket; bright trousers, and dress shoes. There are chevron and straight embroidered bars on both sleeves of his jacket. The chain of a pocket-watch hangs from his vest, through a buttonhole to his proper left vest pocket. His small uniform hat rests at the top of a large prop by his proper left leg.
- 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 at the top reads [U.S. 24th REGT / OF INFANTRY / CO. B] along with several alpha-numeric notations.
- Place captured
- Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




