Colored tintype portrait of militia soldier
date: label: date made
content: 1860
notes: label: Description
content: Cased tintype portrait of a man wearing a non-standard military uniform holding a pistol. The man is standing in front of a table and a curtain before a solid colored backdrop. The tablecloth and curtain are brightly colored. The man is wearing a dark uniform consisting of trousers, a frock coat with piping on its sleves and collar, and a flat hat with a tassel. It may be a Civil War-era militia uniform. The photograph is framed and cased with a burgundy-colored velvet insert.
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Soldiers
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.75.17.132
label: accession number
content: 322775
label: catalog number
content: 75.17.132
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: tintype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 9.525 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm