Tintype of three unidentified men
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Green, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Caption
content: John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
label: Description
content: A tintype portrait of three unidentified men captured by photographer John Green. Two of the men are seated, one man stands behind them. The man seated on the left side is placed on a raised platform and wears a three-piece suit with a watch chain and fob dangling from his waistcoat. He has a light colored pocket square, high collar shirt, and a dark tie. He rests his left arm on his left thigh and faces the viewer. The other seated man, on the right, wears a dark work jacket over overalls and a dark button-up collared shirt. His hands are in his lap and he faces the viewer. Standing behind him is a third man in a dark suit, tie, and waistcoat. He stands with his right hand in his pocket and faces the viewer. The tintype is attached to a faded pink paper card. The rectangular image window has a rounded top. The image window is bordered by two narrow red lines. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a repeating stamped pattern in red. The photographer's stamp is on the back.
place: label: Place made
content: Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2014.37.13.9
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (8 × 5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 3/4 × 3 1/16 in. (12 × 7.8 cm)