Photographs of Afro-American soldiers [graphic].

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Title: Photographs of Afro-American soldiers [graphic].
Contributor: Cosand & Mosser.
Wellington Art Studio.
Snell and Sargent.
Pullman's Photograph and Portrait Gallery.
Published / Created: ca. 1860-1880.
Abstract: Studio portraits of unidentified buffalo soldiers, taken in Washington, D.C., Reno, I.T., and Caldwell, Kansas. Most portraits are full length views of soldiers in uniform. Some feature buffalo robes as props, and in several photographs soldiers are depicted with their musical instruments. One portrait includes two young girls
Description: Advertisement on verso of some mounts for Cosand and Miller, Photographers, or for Pullman's Photograph and Portrait Gallery, or for Wellington Art Studio, Snell and Sargent, Proprietors.
Provenance: Purchased from the Michael D. Heaston Co. on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1988.
Extent: 20 photographic prints : 5.6 x 9.4 cm. on mounts 6.3 x 10.6 cm. or smaller.
2 tintypes : 9.3 x 6.9 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 9
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Genre: Portraits
Studio portraits
Card photographs (photographs)
Photographic prints
Cartes-de-visite
Tintypes (prints)
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Name): United States. Army
Subject (Topic): African American soldiers
African American troops
Subjects: African American soldiers > Portraits
United States. Army > African American troops > Portraits

Access: Public
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