Ambrotype of a Civil War soldier
date: label: Date
content: 1861-1865
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Created by
content: Littlefield, Parsons & Co., American, 1858 - 1866
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a an unidentified soldier, depicted from the waist up. He wears a button-down coat and a kepi and holds a rifle against his left shoulder. Image is in a full case lined with blue velvet and has a decorative gold metal frame.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
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: 2008.9.2
objectType: label: Type
content: ambrotypes
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: collodion and silver on glass photographic plates
label: Dimensions
content: Closed: 3 × 2 5/8 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Open: 3 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 3 x 5 in. (7.6 x 12.7 cm)