Cabinet card portrait of Corporal John McDonald
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Photograph by
content: McCormick, American, active 1870s
label: Subject of
content: Colonel John McDonald, American
label: Subject of
content: 9th Cavalry Regiment, American, founded 1866
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen cabinet card photograph of Colonel John McDonald, U. S. Army 9th Cavalry Troop D. Captured in studio, posed in front of a veranda backdrop, Colonel McDonald wears a small cap with crossed swords emblem, dark long sleeve jacket, bright gloves, striped trousers, and dress shoes. He stands with his right arm atop a stone-like prop. On either side of him within the backdrop are small stone columns with plant filled pots on top. Within the brown border of the photograph’s card, in light colored ink, is: [McCORMICK ARKANSAS CITY, KAN]. On the reverse of the photographic card are various handwritten inscriptions, to include: [Col. John McDonald / Troops D 9th Calv USA].
place: label: Place captured
content: Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
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: 2013.244.4
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 cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 5 7/8 x 4 1/16 in. (15 x 10.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 6 7/16 x 4 3/16 in. (16.3 x 10.6 cm)