Tintype of a man
date: label: Date
content: 1870s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Tintype of a man wearing a jacket, vest, and shirt. The clothing in the photograph reads white or light-colored; there is a faint striped pattern on the vest. The man wears a moustache and goatee. The tintype is inside a white paper sleeve with an oval cutout frame; the frame has embossed pattern.
place: label: Place collected
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.312.135
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, paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)