Cabinet card of an unidentified man standing next to a chair
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Green, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
label: Description
content: A cabinet card portrait of an unidentified man standing by a chair, captured by photographer John Green. He wears a dark three-piece suit consisting of a coat, pants, and waistcoat. Underneath he wears a shirt with a high collar and a patterned tie. He has flowers in his left lapel. He stands on a dark fur rug and rests his right hand on the back of a chair with a scrolled backrest and velvet upholstery. A tassel hangs from the scrolled back. Below the image is printed text along the bottom margin that reads [JOHN GREEN, Photographer, 1337 Eighteenth Street, / Denver, Colo.]. The edges of the card are ridged. The back has an orange sticker on it.
place: label: Place made
content: Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2014.37.13.12
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: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (13.8 × 10 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 3/16 in. (16.4 × 10.7 cm)