Cabinet card of a Buffalo Soldier, John Baker
date: label: Date
content: 1896-1899
name: label: Photograph by
content: Alseen & Company, American
label: Subject of
content: John Baker, American, 1881 - 1928
label: Subject of
content: 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone albumen print cabinet card of a Buffalo Soldier, identified as Mr. John Baker, captured in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pictured standing in studio against a solid backdrop, with a large wood prop to his proper left, Baker gazes directly at the camera. He wears a large dark hat, dark buttoned jacket, trousers, dark shoes, and a wide utility belt. He stands on a straw or grass-like carpet. At the bottom of the photograph card, in brown ink, is: [Alseen & Co., / 69 EAST, SECOND SOUTH, / SALT LAKE CITY.]. On the reverse of the card is a handwritten inscription in graphite reading [Mr. John Baker / New Albanie / Ind] along with numerical graphite inscriptions.
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
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: 2013.244.37
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 paper (fiber product) cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in. (13.9 x 10.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 in. (16.5 x 11.8 cm)