- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
- Date
- 1896-1899
- Medium
- albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (9.5 x 11.8 cm)
- H x W (Mount): 4 13/16 x 5 3/16 in. (12.3 x 13.1 cm)
- Description
- An albumen print on cabinet card depicting troops at Ft. Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah. Captured outdoors, surrounded by tall trees and brick buildings, the troops stand in formation on a large grass-cut lawn. Below the photograph, inscribed in white ink on the gray mount, is: [Colored Troops at Ft. Douglass, / Salt Lake City].
- On the reverse of the photographic card, adhered to the black backing, is a faded sepia photograph. An unidentified man and woman are captured standing near the edge of the wrap-around porch of a large white two-story house. The woman has dark hair and wears a dark long sleeve dress. The man wears a dark top-hat, dark jacket, and dark trousers. On the right of the photograph, at the back of the house, is a clothesline with clothes hanging from it. A bushy tree partially blocks the view of a roof behind it. The house depicted is surrounded by a bright wooden fence. Two long wooden beams lie on the ground near the fence.
- Place captured
- Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- albumen prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.244.36
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




