Cabinet card of a Civil War soldier
date: label: Date
content: 1862-1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Frederick Gutekunst, American, 1833 - 1917
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This is a black and white photograph mounted on a card of a man in a Civil War uniform holding a rifle. Standing at attention, the man wears an open, knee-length coat. The coat has an attached cape that reaches to the elbows. Under the coat is is a four button frock jacket, buttoned at the top two buttons. A light colored shirt is visible beneath it. He wears a military kepi on his head and holds a rifle, with fixed bayonet, vertically at his right side. The photograph is mounted on cardstock. Below the photograph is the imprint of the photographer "Gutekunst." There are two small round water stains below the imprint. On the reverse is a logo for Gutekunst's studio that read "F. Gutekunst/ 1700 N. Broad St./ Phila, PA/ Branch/ of/ 712 Arch St."
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2015.248.1
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 paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (9.5 × 6.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 7 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (20 × 11.4 cm)