Photograph album of 25th Regiment USCT soldiers compiled by William A. Prickitt
date: label: Date
content: 1864-1865
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Captain William A. Prickitt, American, 1839 - 1929
label: Subject of
content: Henry Hovington, American, 1829 - 1907
label: Subject of
content: George H. Mitchell, American, born 1844
label: Subject of
content: Prince Shorts, American, 1840 - 1895
label: Subject of
content: Bayard Sorden, American, 1840 - 1920
label: Subject of
content: Theodore Tennant, American, died 1898
label: Subject of
content: George H. Watson, American, born 1846
label: Subject of
content: John H. Spurrier, American, born 1834
label: Subject of
content: Stephen Johnson, American, born 1832
label: Subject of
content: William H. Morris, American, 1814 - 1894
label: Subject of
content: Solomon Frister, American, 1838 - 1914
label: Subject of
content: Hiram H. White, American, 1846 - 1917
label: Subject of
content: Isaiah White, American, 1840 - 1920
label: Subject of
content: Christopher A. Wilson, American, born 1846
label: Subject of
content: George Washington, American, born 1845
label: Subject of
content: John W. Walls, American, 1845 - 1898
label: Subject of
content: James Tall, American, 1845 - 1932
label: Subject of
content: 25th Regiment, U.S. Colored Infantry, American, 1864 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: A pocket-sized photo album containing four albumen prints and fourteen tintypes of seventeen African American Union soldiers from the 25th Regiment, United States Colored Troops (USCT), Company G. One soldier, James Tall, is represented twice. All but one of the men has been identified. The names of the soldiers are written in black ink beneath their photographs. The front pastedown endpaper has “Tin Type Album” and “113” printed on it in gold colored ink. The number is inside a diamond shape. It is also bordered with a wavy gold colored line. The photographs are oriented differently from the printed text on the endpaper. The photographs are in pages with oval cutouts. Two gold colored patterned designs border the cutouts. There are six blank pages (three leaves) at the end of the photograph album. The photograph album has part of a metal latch on the front cover.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Available for transcription
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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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, Gift of Aneita Gates, on behalf of her son, Kameron Gates, and all the Descendants of Captain William A. Prickitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.88
objectType: label: Type
content: photograph albums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Photograph album: leather, metal, paper;
label: Medium
content: Albumen prints: albumen and silver on paper;
label: Medium
content: Tintypes: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 2 × 1 13/16 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Opened): 2 × 4 × 7/8 in. (5.1 × 10.2 × 2.2 cm)