Carte-de-visite album of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
date: label: Date
content: ca.1864
name: label: Created by
content: John Ritchie, American, 1836 - 1919
label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: George Thompson Garrison, American, 1836 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
label: Subject of
content: William Harvey Carney, American, 1840 - 1908
notes: label: Description
content: An album of cartes-de-visite featuring men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Volunteers, assembled by John Ritchie, the regimental quartermaster. The book has a tooled black leather cover with gold painted details. There is a floral decoration on the front cover and filigree on the spine. There are a pair of metal bands fixed to the front and back of the book, which are connected to clasps for holding the book closed. The lower clasp is missing. The interior of the book is composed of 25 stiff sleeves of paper which are open on the top for photo cards to be inserted. Each page is white and has a curved printed gold frame around an arched opening in the page. The book has 49 cartes-de-visite inserted into these sleeves which feature soldiers, officers, musicians, and other people or scenes related to the 54th Regiment. A number of the images have the name of the individual written beneath the photo on the sleeve in blue ink, which seem to be later additions. The backs of many of the cartes-de-visite have photographer information and handwritten notes identifying the sitter or year.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Garrison Family in memory of George Thompson Garrison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.115.8
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: photograph albums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, paper (fiber product), metal, albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 6 5/8 × 6 × 2 7/8 in. (16.8 × 15.2 × 7.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Open): 6 3/4 × 13 1/2 × 2 11/16 in. (17.1 × 34.3 × 6.8 cm)