Cabinet card of a Buffalo soldier from Co. G 25th Regiment
date: label: Date
content: 1870s - 1880s
name: label: Created by
content: Buchholz & Son, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: 25th Infantry Regiment, American, 1866 - 1946
notes: label: Description
content: Cabinet card of Co. G 25th Regiment Buffalo Soldier. The portrait of the soldier shows him looking toward the left of the image. The image fades toward the bottom to white. He is wearing a uniform with two square pins on each side of his jacket lapel. He is wearing a slouch hat with a pin in the center. The pin has two crossed rifles with [25] on top and [G] on bottom signifying he was in the 25th regiment, Company G. There is a white border around the photograph. At the bottom of the photograph in decorative script is the photographer's name, [Buchholz & Son / SPRINGFIELD, MASS.]. The back of the cabinet card is heavily decorated. Two women are drawn in Grecian dresses on the right of the image. The woman in the front sits holding paintbrushes and a pallet. She is leaning against a camera and holding a floral wreath in her other hand. The woman in the back is holding portfolios and reaching up with her hand to grab a flower off the vine. On the top right, is a decorative [B] with scrollwork surrounding it. Underneath is the photographer's name and information, [Buchholz & Son / ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY / SPRINGFIELD, MASS. / NEAGTIVES KEPT. / COPIES CAN BE HAD].
place: label: Place made
content: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family 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, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.105.22
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: collodion 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: silver, photographic gelatin and collodion on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 9/16 × 4 1/4 in. (16.6 × 10.8 cm)