Cabinet card of a Buffalo Soldier
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1891
name: label: Photograph by
content: George W. Scott, American, born 1854
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: An albumen print on cabinet card depicting a young Buffalo Soldier. Captured gazing to his proper right, an unidentified young man with dark short hair wears a bright shirt, dark button-down vest, and dark jacket. The jacket has two rectangle emblems at the lapels and large buttons with eagle insignia down the front. At the bottom of the photograph card, in dark ink, is: [LANDER, SCOTT,WYOMING.]. There are various numeric graphite inscriptions on the reverse of the cabinet photograph.
place: label: Place captured
content: Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming, 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: 2013.244.33
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinet photographs
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 15/16 x 3 9/16 in. (10 x 9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in. (14.2 x 9.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 6 1/2 x 4 5/16 in. (16.5 x 10.9 cm)