Photograph of a Buffalo Soldier with hat, trumpet, mandolin, and cartridge belt
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a uniformed soldier displaying a 10th Cavalry campaign hat in his proper right hand, with a trumpet held by a cord over his proper left arm. There is a round-backed mandolin with 4 double course strings, similar to mandolins in the Neopolitan style, on the seat of the chair beside him and a cartridge belt is draped along the lowest chair rung and the floor. The soldier and chair are in front of a painted studio background. The back of the card is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Musicians
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: 2016.5.2.24
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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 6 3/8 × 4 3/16 in. (16.2 × 10.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (14 × 9.8 cm)