Tintype portrait of three men: Paul Smith, Dave Scott, and Arthur Blin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Photograph by
content: John Green, American
label: Subject of
content: Paul Smith, American
label: Subject of
content: Dave Scott
label: Subject of
content: Arthur Blin
notes: label: Caption
content: John Green was a Black photographer who owned a photography studio in Denver, Colorado that he operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
label: Description
content: A tintype portrait of three men identified as Paul Smith, Dave Scott, Arthur Blin, captured by photographer John Green. Two of the men are seated and one is standing in the back. The man on the right is seated in a chair with his left leg crossed over his right knee. He wears a suit and a light colored shirt and tie with a flat brimmed hat. The man standing behind him wears a dark three-piece suit with a pocket watch dangling from his waistcoat. His left-hand rests on the shoulder of the young man seated in front of him. The standing man has a moustache and a light colored hat. On his other side is a third man in a dark colored suit wearing glasses and a bowler hat. He rests his right hand on his hip and left arm on his left thigh. All three men gaze at the camera. The tintype is attached to a faded pink paper card. The image window has a rounded top and is bordered by two narrow red lines. The outer edge of the card is bordered by a repeating stamped pattern in red. An attached grey paper flap folds over the pink card. There are three names handwritten on the back of the grey flap as well as the stamp from the photographer.
place: label: Place made
content: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Business
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: 2014.37.13.5
objectType: label: Type
content: tintypes
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: collodion and silver on iron with lacquer with ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 1 15/16 in. (8 × 5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (card): 4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.9 × 7.8 cm)