Boudoir photograph of Buffalo Soldiers escorting a stage coach
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frank J. Haynes, American, 1853 - 1921
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A Boudoir photograph of a Buffalo Soldier regiment escorting a stage-coach. Riding horses and carrying long guns, a company of Buffalo Soldiers ride alongside a stage-coach across a wide geography of short grass. There is a large body of water behind the soldiers at the upper left of the photograph. Large hills are captured in the upper right of the photograph.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the photographic card are various graphite inscriptions and typed marks. One inscription, in the middle, reads: [GROUP OF NEGRO SOLDIERS & 2 OFFICERS ESCORTING A U. S. / STAGE COACH. MOST SOLDIERS ARE FULLY EQUIPPED INCLUDING / CARBINES.]. The marks at the bottom of the card, in black ink, read: [F. JAY HAYNES, / OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER N.P.R.R. / 329 JACKSON ST., ST. PAUL, MINN. / SEND FOR / CATALOGUES OF / VIEWS. / NORTHERN PACIFIC / YELLOWSTONE PARK, / PACIFIC COAST AND ALASKA.].
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.244.24
objectType: label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: boudoir photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 15/16 x 8 1/8 in. (12.6 x 20.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 5 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (13.2 x 21.6 cm)