Albumen print of a Buffalo Soldier musician
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Photograph by
content: Baecker & Brooks, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone albumen cabinet photograph of a Buffalo Soldier bandmember in full regalia. Captured in studio against an ornate veranda backdrop, an unidentified soldier poses wearing a small dark hat with infanty bugle insignia; long uniform band jacket with elaborate embroidery and cording at the shoulders and across the chest; white gloves, light-colored trousers, and shoes. His proper left hand rests on an ornate half column prop, and he gazes directly into the camera. At the bottom of the photograph in brown ink is: [Baecker & Brooks,WEBSTER, / S. D.]. There are various numerical graphite inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet photograph.
place: label: Place captured
content: Webster, Day County, South Dakota, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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: 2013.244.29
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 nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (14 x 10 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in. (16.4 x 10.7 cm)