Cabinet card of an unidentified man standing next to a chair
- Photograph by
- Green, John, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 5 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (13.8 × 10 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.7 cm)
- Caption
- John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- Description
- A cabinet card portrait of an unidentified man standing by a chair, captured by photographer John Green. He wears a dark three-piece suit consisting of a coat, pants, and waistcoat. Underneath he wears a shirt with a high collar and a patterned tie. He has flowers in his left lapel. He stands on a dark fur rug and rests his right hand on the back of a chair with a scrolled backrest and velvet upholstery. A tassel hangs from the scrolled back. Below the image is printed text along the bottom margin that reads [JOHN GREEN, Photographer, 1337 Eighteenth Street, / Denver, Colo.]. The edges of the card are ridged. The back has an orange sticker on it.
- Place made
- Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Business
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2014.37.13.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.