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Photograph of an unidentified man holding a saber

ca. 1920

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

This photographic print depicts an unidentified man standing in a wooded field wearing a checked three-piece suit, striped shirt, polka dot necktie, bell crown hat, and an oval "US" belt plate on a leather belt with a scabbard. He holds a saber in his right hand with the tip pointing skyward. The print is mounted on off-white pasteboard. The reverse of the mount is blank.

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Catalog reference: 2014.174.11

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