Tintype of a Buffalo Soldier with musket
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A tintype of an unidentified U.S. Army Buffalo Soldier seated on a stone prop. Captured in studio against a teepee with tree backdrop, the soldier poses in full uniform wearing a small hat; dark button-down jacket; light-colored striped trousers. A musket and bayonet rest against his proper left arm and leg and he gazes forward, to the side of the camera. There are no markings on the reverse of the tintype.
place: label: Place captured
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
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: 2013.244.18
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (10 x 6.3 cm)