Photograph of a staged sword duel
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Printed by
content: Columbian Art Gallery, American
label: Owned by
content: Hattie Durr Whiddon Graham, American, 1873 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of four men participating in a staged sword duel. The man on the left is holding a sword that is pointed down at a man lying on the ground. Next to him is another man. He is standing and looking down at the man on the ground. His left hand resting on what appears to be a tree trunk. The man lying on the ground is also holding a sword. His right hand is extended behind his head in a surrendering gesture and he is looking up at the two men. His head is leaning against the knee of the fourth man, who is kneeling down and holding the man on the ground up. The kneeling man’s right arm is extended towards the standing men with his palm out. Floor tiles and a painted backdrop are in the background. Printed vertically on the right side of the card is “[…?]ind,” “Columbian Art Gallery” and “268 West Water Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.” There are no inscriptions on the front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: Collection title
content: Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham Collection of Family Photographs
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Don L. Durrah and D. Simone Durrah Logan in memory of Hattie J. Durr Whiddon Graham (1873-1950); Christopher Columbus Wayman Whiddon (1894-1973); Lina Irene Jordan Whiddon (1897-1983)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.61.16
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: gelatin silver 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: photographic gelatin and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (10.8 x 16.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 3/4 x 5 5/16 in. (9.5 x 13.5 cm)