Card photograph of three unidentified men wearing ribbons on their jackets
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: Joseph H. Poisson, 1864 - 1935
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Owned by
content: Beatrice Williams
notes: label: Description
content: This black-and-white photograph by Joseph H. Poisson shows three (3) unidentified men who all wear dark suits, hats, and each have a wide ribbon attached to their proper left jacket lapel. Two men are seated with the third standing behind and between them, with his hands resting on their shoulders. The seated man on the left and the standing man both have light-colored ribbons with symbols printed in a darker color on them, while the man seated on the right has a plain dark-colored ribbon. The man on the right is clean-shaven, while the other two have mustaches. The photograph is mounted to a nearly square piece of pasteboard with an embossed frame design. The photographer's name and studio location are printed below the photograph. The reverse is blank. The photograph is from the album 2016.111.
place: label: Place captured
content: Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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, Gift of JoAnn Oxley Foster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.111.4
objectType: label: Type
content: card photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
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 (sheet): 3 13/16 × 3 3/4 in. (9.7 × 9.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 2 3/4 × 2 13/16 in. (7 × 7.1 cm)