- Photograph by
- Goff, E. L., American
- Subject of
- Reeves, Bass, American, 1838 - 1910
- Date
- ca. 1902
- Medium
- albumen and silver on nitrocellulose cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm)
- H x W (card): 6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (16.5 × 11 cm)
- Description
- A cabinet card portrait photograph of war veteran and U.S. Marshall, Bass Reeves. Captured in front of a mid-western backdrop, Bass Reeves stands gazing directly at the camera. He holds a quirt in his proper right hand; wears a moustache, hat, necktie (lightly hand-tinted in red), dark jacket, vest, trousers, and shoes. His star badge and holstered gun (butt out) are visible. A horizontal wood pole fence prop stands behind him.
- On the reverse of the cabinet card is a red imprint: [E, L, GOFF / PERRY / KANS].
- Place captured
- Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Law
- Men
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2020.10.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




