Cabinet card of an amputee
date: label: Date
content: 1861-1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: George W. Gillmore, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white albumen photograph depicts a man with one arm. Wearing a dark three piece suit, he stands facing the viewer with his left hand resting on a stone monument next him. His right arm is missing. The monument appears to have vines draped over its top. Below the image is an impression on the backing card that reads "G.W. Gillmore/ 204 Front Street Worcester, Mass." The backing card has gilded, scalloped edges.
place: label: Place captured
content: Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2015.248.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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 on paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in. (14 × 10 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)