Albumen print of Buffalo Soldier Charles Sumner Sr.
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1885
name: label: Photograph by
content: J. G. Wilkes, American
label: Subject of
content: Charles Sumner Sr., American
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Subject of
content: 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: A sepia tone cabinet photograph of U. S. Army Buffalo Soldier, Charles Sumner Sr. of Co. G of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Captured at Fort Still, Oklahoma, Charles Sumner Sr. wears a small cap featuring two crossed rifles with a “24” at the top and a “G” at the bottom, and a dark button- down jacket. At the bottom of the of the photograph card, inscribed in dark ink, is: [Charles Sumner S]. On the reverse of the cabinet card, inscribed in ink, is: [Charles Sumner Sr. Fort Sill, Indian Territory].
place: label: Place captured
content: Fort Sill, Comanche 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
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.244.13
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 and Sheet): 5 3/4 x 4 in. (14.6 x 10.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Mount): 6 1/4 x 4 3/16 in. (15.9 x 10.7 cm)