Cabinet card of a Buffalo Soldier
- Photograph by
- Scott, George W., American, born 1854
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Date
- ca. 1891
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (10 x 9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in. (14.2 x 9.9 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (16.5 x 10.9 cm)
- Description
- An albumen print on cabinet card depicting a young Buffalo Soldier. Captured gazing to his proper right, an unidentified young man with dark short hair wears a bright shirt, dark button-down vest, and dark jacket. The jacket has two rectangle emblems at the lapels and large buttons with eagle insignia down the front. At the bottom of the photograph card, in dark ink, is: [LANDER, SCOTT,WYOMING.]. There are various numeric graphite inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet photograph.
- Place captured
- Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.