Photograph of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier medic
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Photograph by
content: Hamilton's Photo Gallery, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. The portrait shows the man from the waist up. He is wearing a dark colored jacket with large buttons and three chevrons for sergeant on each sleeve. Above the chevrons is a medic cross. Printed in black text on the card beneath the photograph is “HAMILTON” and “Laredo, Tex.” The back of the card is blank.
place: label: Place captured
content: Laredo, Webb County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2016.5.2.29
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)