Albumen print of U. S. Colored Troops at Ft. Douglas
date: label: Date
content: 1896-1899
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print on cabinet card depicting troops at Ft. Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah. Captured outdoors, surrounded by tall trees and brick buildings, the troops stand in formation on a large grass-cut lawn. Below the photograph, inscribed in white ink on the gray mount, is: [Colored Troops at Ft. Douglass, / Salt Lake City].
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the photographic card, adhered to the black backing, is a faded sepia photograph. An unidentified man and woman are captured standing near the edge of the wrap-around porch of a large white two-story house. The woman has dark hair and wears a dark long sleeve dress. The man wears a dark top-hat, dark jacket, and dark trousers. On the right of the photograph, at the back of the house, is a clothesline with clothes hanging from it. A bushy tree partially blocks the view of a roof behind it. The house depicted is surrounded by a bright wooden fence. Two long wooden beams lie on the ground near the fence.
place: label: Place captured
content: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 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
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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: 2013.244.36
objectType: 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 and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 3 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (9.5 x 11.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 4 13/16 x 5 3/16 in. (12.3 x 13.1 cm)