Cased tintype photograph of a soldier
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1860s
notes: label: Description
content: Cased tintype photograph with gold-colored metal frame and red velvet insert. The photograph is a portrait of a man in a Civil War-era U.S. Army uniform standing with his hand placed on a sword in a scabbard. The man has a pistol tucked in to his belt, wears a kepi, and has scale-type metal epaulettes on his shoulders. The epaulettes, sword hilt, belt buckle, and uniform buttons are tinted gold.
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Soldiers
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Military
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.75.17.921
label: accession number
content: 322775
label: catalog number
content: 75.17.921
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 9.2075 cm x 8.255 cm x 1.5875 cm