Albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1894
name: label: Photograph by
content: Elmer Chickering, American, 1857 - 1915
label: Subject of
content: South African Kaffir Choir, African, 1894 - 1916
label: Subject of
content: James H. Balmer
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1894. Captured in studio, the large South African Kaffir Choir of 15 men, women, and children, pose in three rows dressed in their native ceremonial attire. In the front row are two children and a reclining woman along with a shield. The middle row has five women seated in chairs. In the back row are five standing male members of the choir along with a white man, the choir manager James Balmer, and a white woman, the pianist Elsie Clark. On the reverse of the cabinet card is an inkstamp for Elmer Chickering's Royal Photographic and Portrait Studio.
place: label: Place captured
content: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: British colonialism
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Women
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: 2021.16.16
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen on silver nitrocellulose and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (10 × 14 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (10.7 × 16.5 cm)