Tintype of a man identified as "Uncle Charlie"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Green, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
label: Description
content: A tintype portrait of a man identified as "Uncle Charlie," captured by photographer John Green and mounted in pink paper matting. The man is featured wearing a light shirt with a collar, a dark coat, and tie. He is show in the oval window of a rectangular paper matting. The pink matting has an oval window, surrounded by a patterned red border. The sides of the matting are also edged in a red border, with designs at the corners. There is an inscription under the oval that reads [Uncle Charlie]. The back of the matting is stamped with an oval stamp, the boarder of which matches the border decoration around the image window. Inside the border are the words [John Green / PHOTOGRAPHER / Cor. 18th & Market Sts. / Denver Colorado]. There is bright red sticker with the number [889] adhered to the back of the card.
place: label: Place made
content: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2014.37.13.3
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 1 1/4 × 15/16 in. (3.2 × 2.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 2 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (7 × 4.4 cm)