Object Details
- Description
- A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier sergeant holding a pair of gloves. He is wearing a dark colored uniform jacket with three chevrons on each sleeve, a necktie, white shirt and dark colored pants. A bar pin is attached to his left breast. His right arm is by his side. His left arm is bent at the elbow and resting on a tree stump. His right hand is holding a pair of gloves. His cavalry kepi hat is displayed on the tree stump next to the soldier’s arm. The man is standing on dried grass or hay in front of a panted background of a fence and sunflowers. Printed on the card beneath the photograph is “A. Millen.” The back of the card is blank.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- A. Millen
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- late 19th century
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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 11/16 × 3 7/8 in. (14.4 × 9.9 cm)
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
