Carte-de-visite of an young boy holding a rifle in Napa, California
date: label: Date
content: 1865-1888
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone carte-de-visite of a young boy with a crossbow/rifle and birdcages. Captured just outside of a wood-paneled home and four-paned glass window, a young boy poses for his photograph holding a long rifle-shaped object with a bow across the barrel end. He wears a large-brimmed hat, dark trousers, and a dark shirt with a sailor-style collar and a bright wrap at his neck. Above his head hand two metal birdcages. On the right of the photograph, the second birdcage is flanked by a very large and flowering rose bush. Behind the boy is a dark wooden bench or stand. The photograph is bordered by dark brown cardstock. On the reverse of the carte-de-visite are the graphite inscriptions “JENNINGS / Napa” along with several numerical inscriptions.
place: label: Place captured
content: Napa, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Families
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: 2020.10.10.18
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 on wove paper and cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.8 × 5.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (10.5 × 6.4 cm)