Carte-de-visite depicting two men standing arm-in-arm
date: label: Date
content: 1868
name: label: Photograph by
content: C. R. Rees & Co., American, founded 1854
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite depicting two (2) men standing arm-in-arm, facing the viewer. An unidentified white man is depicted on the left and an unidentified black man is depicted on the right. The man on the left is wearing a three piece suit with a dark suit jacket and matching medium toned pants and vest. He is also wearing a white dress shirt and a dark western style tie. His proper left arm is linked through the arm of the man on the right. He is holding a banded boater hat in his proper left hand at waist level and is resting on a cane held in his proper right hand. The man on the right is wearing a suit with a dark jacket, light pants, light vest, and a white shirt. He holds a black hat in his proper left hand by his side. The verso is white. In the center is a black ink depiction of a three (3) story building with a storefront on the street level and a banner sign at the top that reads [Rees & Co. Photographic Artists] in block white text. People are depicted strolling on the street in front of the building. Below is the name of the company and date printed in black ink that reads [C. R. Rees & Co. / Richmond Va. / 1868] with the top and second lines accented with flourishes and the bottom line divided with leaf pattern scrolls. Handwritten in pencil at the top is the text [7790 / 3 dup].
place: label: Place made
content: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: 2018.17.8
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
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 on photographic paper on card stock
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 2 1/4 in. (9.4 × 5.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 3/16 × 2 1/2 in. (10.7 × 6.3 cm)