Tintype of a Buffalo Soldier

Source catalog description

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

A tintype of a U. S. Buffalo Soldier standing beside a low fringed chair. Captured in studio against a veranda backdrop, a young unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly at the camera. He is wearing his full regiment uniform: a small gun-crossed hat; a bright shirt; a dark chevron decorated jacket, unbuttoned; trousers and dress shoes. His proper left hand rests against the back of an upholstered wooden low chair with fringe. He stands atop a textured carpet. There are no markings on the reverse of the tintype.

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