Tintype of a man wearing a suit with a pendant on the lapel
date: label: Date
content: early 20th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: This hand-tinted tintype depicts a color image of a man wearing a suit with a pendant on the lapel. The man is sitting in a chair wih his left leg crossed over the the right one. His left hand is resting on his knee and his right hand is resting on his shin. He is wearing a black suit, white high-collared shirt, a black bolo tie and a pendant on the right lapel. The flooring has a red and green pattern. The inscription on the back of the tintype reads [Trelo].
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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, Gift of Julia J. Norrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.181.2
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Sheet): 8 9/16 × 6 7/16 in. (21.7 × 16.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Matboard): 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)