Photograph of Tobe Brown
date: label: Date
content: 1890s
name: label: Photograph by
content: G.W. Ferguson, American, born 1856
label: Subject of
content: Robert L. "Tobe" Brown, American, 1869 - 1939
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Tobe Brown.
label: Description
content: Brown is pictured from the waist up. He has curly hair with a side part and a long mustache. He is wearing a white collared shirt, a vest, and a suit jacket. He has a metal chain on his vest and a flower lapel pin on the proper right side of his jacket.
label: Description
content: There is a thin white border around 3/4 of the photograph. It is thicker on the bottom and there is black text below the image which reads [Ferguson] on the left, [GWF] in the center, and [SPRINGFIELD / MO.] on the right. The corners are a bit worn and there is slight discoloring on the back. A handwritten inscription on the back reads [Tobe Brown Music Maker].
place: label: Place captured
content: Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Orchestral (Music)
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: 2015.97.38.9
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on mounting board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 6 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (16.4 × 10.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 5 9/16 × 4 in. (14.1 × 10.2 cm)