Carte-de-visite of Preston Taylor as a drummer with the 116th USCT
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1866
name: label: Photograph by
content: Louis Isaac Prince, 1832 - 1867
label: Subject of
content: Preston Taylor, American
label: Subject of
content: United States Colored Troops, American, 1863 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen carte-de-visite photograph, signed, of Preston Taylor, a drummer in the 116th United States Colored Troops. A dark haired young man, Preston Taylor, wears a soldier’s uniform jacket with three large buttons vertically attached, white detailing around his collar. Within the fading of Taylor’s image, below his jacket buttons, is his signature which reads: [Preston Taylor, Co. G, 116th U.S.C.T.]. The back of the albumen photograph has light stains at the top, and bears the ink printed name and address of the photographer: [L. I. PRINCE, / Photographer / 112 Caral and 8 St. Charles Sts., / (CORNER BUILDING) / Over Union Insurance Co., / New Orleans.]. At the bottom middle of the card is typed: [Additional Copies can be had when required.].
place: label: Place captured
content: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2019.28.32
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
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 wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (9.2 × 5.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6.1 cm)