Tintype of three unidentified men
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Green, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
label: Description
content: A tintype portrait of three unidentified men captured by photographer John Green. The men are seated in a row, legs crossed, arms folded on their laps. All three wear dark suits. The man to the left has a dark bowtie against his light shirt. The other two men have light shirts and no ties. The man seated in the middle has a long white beard. The tintype is attached to a faded pink paper card. The image window has a rounded top and is bordered by a narrow red line next to a thick red line. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a thin red line with decorative knots designs in the corners. There is a red sticker on the reverse of the paper card.
place: label: Place made
content: Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2014.37.13.6
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (8 × 4.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (12.3 × 8 cm)