Carte-de-viste of a Buffalo Soldier
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Photograph by
content: Maximillian T. Jesse, Russian American, 1842 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite on cabinet card depicting an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. Captured in studio against a solid backdrop, the soldier poses seated, wearing a dress uniform jacket with several buttons. The photograph is framed is by its own card stock with an oval focus on the Buffalo Soldier. On the verso is the photographer's mark: [M.T. Jesse, / PHOTOGRAPHER / SAN ANTONIO / TEXAS] and a handwritten inscription reading [Alexander / (illegible)].
place: label: Place used
content: San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, 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: 2013.244.9
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. (9 x 5.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (9.9 x 5.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 in. (10.7 x 6.4 cm)