Cabinet card of Buffalo soldier wearing buffalo coat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Photograph by
content: John C. H. Grabill, American, 1849 - 1903
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone cabinet card photograph of a Buffalo Soldier wearing a buffalo hide coat. Captured in studio against a solid backdrop, a young dark-haired Buffalo Soldier, holding a 25th Infantry uniform cap, stands gazing to his proper left. He wears a calf-length buffalo hair coat and military uniform beneath it. The floor beneath him is a mottled floral pattern, and “J.C.H. Grabill, Photographer” is printed in brown ink across the soldier’s feet. “STURGIS, DAKOTA TER.” is printed at the bottom of the photograph card.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the cabinet card in large reddish ink type is: [Colorado, Wyoming and Dakota / VIEWS. / INCLUDING / Cattle Scenes in Wyoming and Dakota. / FOR SALE BY / J. C. H. GRABILL / STURGIS, DAK. TER.].
place: label: Place captured
content: Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, 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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
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: 2020.10.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: albumen 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: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 6 3/16 × 3 7/8 in. (15.7 × 9.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.3 × 10.7 cm)