Ambrotype portrait of Creed Miller with star-shaped military identification pin
date: label: Date
content: 1864
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Creed Miller, American
label: Subject of
content: 107th Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops, American, 1864 - 1866
notes: label: Description
content: A cased ambrotype of Creed Miller, a soldier of the Kentucky 107th Regiment, Company E (and later Company C), United States Colored Troops. The ambrotype is encased in a copper scrolled frame with an oval window within a red velvet-lined, brown leather box. Creed is depicted from the waist up in a dark overcoat, white collared shirt and bow-tie. His hair is styled and parted to the side. His miltary identification pin is fastened to the red velvet fabric on the interior of the case. The pin is a silver five pointed star with [C. MILLER / Co. E / 107 / USCT] engraved at center. The front and back of the case is brown leather with detailed scroll work consisting of vines and flowers. The case has a metal hook and eye closure.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2011.155.294ab
objectType: label: Type
content: pins (jewelry)
label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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 glass photographic plates with a leather, velvet, and wood case
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.155.294a-tintype case open): 2 15/16 x 5 1/4 x 7/16 in. (7.5 x 13.3 x 1.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.155.294a-tintype closed): 2 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 9/16 in. (7.3 x 6.7 x 1.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.155.294b-military identification pin): 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 1/8 in. (4.4 x 3 x 0.3 cm)