- Photograph by
- Baecker & Brooks, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (14 x 10 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in. (16.4 x 10.7 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone albumen cabinet photograph of a Buffalo Soldier bandmember in full regalia. Captured in studio against an ornate veranda backdrop, an unidentified soldier poses wearing a small dark hat with infanty bugle insignia; long uniform band jacket with elaborate embroidery and cording at the shoulders and across the chest; white gloves, light-colored trousers, and shoes. His proper left hand rests on an ornate half column prop, and he gazes directly into the camera. At the bottom of the photograph in brown ink is: [Baecker & Brooks,WEBSTER, / S. D.]. There are various numerical graphite inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet photograph.
- Place captured
- Webster, Day County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Band (Music)
- Buffalo Soldiers
- Military
- Musicians
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




