- Photograph by
- Hamilton's Photo Gallery, American
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (card): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)
- H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. The portrait shows the man from the waist up. He is wearing a dark colored jacket with large buttons and three chevrons for sergeant on each sleeve. Above the chevrons is a medic cross. Printed in black text on the card beneath the photograph is “HAMILTON” and “Laredo, Tex.” The back of the card is blank.
- Place captured
- Laredo, Webb County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.5.2.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




