Photograph of a U.S. Army corporal holding a cane
date: label: Date
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: Orlando Scott Goff, American, 1843 - 1916
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of an unidentified corporal wearing a dark colored uniform jacket, a bow tie, vest, light colored shirt and dark colored pants. The jacket has two square lapel pins, large buttons and a gold bar on his proper left chest. Two chevrons are visible on the left sleeve of his jacket. A watch chain is visible at his waist. The man is holding a cane in his right hand. His left hand is behind his back. He is standing next to a chair and in front of a painted background of a room. Printed on the card beneath the photograph is “O. S. Goff” and “Fort Custer, Mont.” The back of the card has a printed image of Christopher Columbus standing with a raise sword along with several other men. The image is captioned “LANDING OF COLUMBUS.”
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
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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: 2016.5.2.26
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)