Cabinet photograph of U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1902
name: label: Photograph by
content: E. L. Goff, American
label: Subject of
content: Bass Reeves, American, 1838 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card portrait photograph of war veteran and U.S. Marshall, Bass Reeves. Captured in front of a mid-western backdrop, Bass Reeves stands gazing directly at the camera. He holds a quirt in his proper right hand; wears a moustache, hat, necktie (lightly hand-tinted in red), dark jacket, vest, trousers, and shoes. His star badge and holstered gun (butt out) are visible. A horizontal wood pole fence prop stands behind him.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the cabinet card is a red imprint: [E, L, GOFF / PERRY / KANS].
place: label: Place captured
content: Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
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: 2020.10.14
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 on nitrocellulose cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (16.5 × 11 cm)