Carte-de-visite of a Buffalo Soldier from the 24th Infantry Regiment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Photograph by
content: Mosser & Snell, American
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Created by
content: 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A carte-de-visite of an unidentified soldier of Co. B, U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment.Captured in studio against a floor length cloth backdrop, an unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly into the camera. He wears a uniform of bowtie, white shirt; dark button-down vest and jacket; bright trousers, and dress shoes. There are chevron and straight embroidered bars on both sleeves of his jacket. The chain of a pocket-watch hangs from his vest, through a buttonhole to his proper left vest pocket. His small uniform hat rests at the top of a large prop by his proper left leg.
label: Description
content: On the reverse of the photographic card is a grey sketch depicting three naked children, one riding atop a camera box on wheels. The child holds a whip in their proper right hand and rope “reins” that tug at the other two children who pull the camera cart. A butterfly hovers above the children, as well as “MOSSER & SNELL,” in black ink. Below the drawing is: [MOSSER & SNELL, / Traveling / Photographic Art Gallery / Cantonment, Ind. Terr. / Pictures copied and enlarged to any size.]. A handwritten inscription at the top reads [U.S. 24th REGT / OF INFANTRY / CO. B] along with several alpha-numeric notations.
place: label: Place captured
content: Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Buffalo Soldiers
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
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: 2013.244.20
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen 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: albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (7.8 x 5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (9.6 x 5.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (9.6 x 6.3 cm)