Tintype of four unidentified men
date: label: Date
content: September 21, 1899
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 four unidentified men captured at the Lincoln Street fair in Denver, Colorado, by photographer John Green. The men are posed with two men seated in front and two men standing behind them. The two seated men wear three-piece suits. The man on the right rests his left ankle on his right knee and has a light colored tie against his folded-collar shirt. The seated man on the left crosses his legs at the knee and folds his hands in his lap. He wears a light colored shirt with a high collar and bow tie. The man standing directly behind him (on the left) also has a shirt with a high collar. He wears a tie and a three-piece suit. The man standing next to him (on the right) wears a suit, light shirt and bow tie. All four men wear brimmed hats and have cigars in their mouths. Behind them is a doorway with a lunette over it. The tintype is attached to a faded, rectangular blue paper card with a pink backing. The oval image window is bordered by a thick red line next to a dotted red line and thin outer line. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a thin red line with decorative knots designs in the corners. The back of the card is pink and there is a handwritten inscription that reads [Lincoln Street Fair / Sept. 21, 1899]. There is also a red sticker on the back.
place: label: Place made
content: Lincoln Street, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Arts and music festivals
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2014.37.13.8
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): 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (7.5 × 5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (12.1 × 7.9 cm)