Cabinet card of a man holding a hat

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An albumen print cabinet card photograph of a young man posing with a hat. Captured in studio against a bright backdrop, a dark-haired man stands with a hat balanced on his proper right arm. He wears a dark jacket, vest, trousers, and shoes, with a white long sleeve shirt and dotted necktie. The chain to a pocket watch hangs from a buttonhole on his vest. He wears a ring on his fourth proper left finger. A fringe embellished chair or stool is visible though faded on the right of the photograph. The reverse of the card is decorated with an ornametnal art nouveau print and border with the photographer's mark: [C. C. WRIGHT, / Photographer, / CHEYENNE, / W. TER / The Negative from which this picture / was printed will be preserved one / month only. / Duplicates will be furnished at reduced / rates, if ordered at once.].

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