Brooch with a portrait of an unidentified man
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Ladies' oval-shaped brooch with a black-and-white tintype photograph of an African American man. The brooch is silver in color with a glass front and a pushpin back. The man in the photograph is wearing a dark colored necktie, jacket and vest with a white shirt.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
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: 2011.155.50
objectType: label: Type
content: brooches
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: metal, collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: brooch: 2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 1 3/4 × 1 5/16 in. (4.5 × 3.3 cm)