Cyanotype of a porter from the Hotel Palomares
date: label: Date
content: 1885-1899
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This cyanotype depicts a blue-tinted image of a man wearing a hotel porter badge. The man is seated in front of a window or doorframe and is wearing a three-piece suit, with a pocket square and puff tie. A metal badge reading [HOTEL / PALOMARES / PORTER] is fastened to the center of his vest. He is holding a large book in his left hand. The book's spine is partially obscured from view but the visible letters spell [RIACHS / OPHET]. His right hand is resting on his right thigh and his gaze is diverted to the right. A wooden bureau partially visible on the left. The cyanotype is adhered to a matboard. There are no inscriptions on the print or the mat, front or back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Travel
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 Julia J. Norrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.181.1
objectType: label: Type
content: cyanotypes
label: Type
content: portraits
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: Prussian blue on photographic paper and paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (16.8 × 11.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 7 1/8 × 6 5/8 in. (18.1 × 16.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matboard): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)