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Cabinet card of an unidentified man standing next to a chair

ca. 1900

Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States, North and Central America

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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 cabinet card portrait of an unidentified man standing by a chair, captured by photographer John Green. He wears a dark three-piece suit consisting of a coat, pants, and waistcoat. Underneath he wears a shirt with a high collar and a patterned tie. He has flowers in his left lapel. He stands on a dark fur rug and rests his right hand on the back of a chair with a scrolled backrest and velvet upholstery. A tassel hangs from the scrolled back. Below the image is printed text along the bottom margin that reads [JOHN GREEN, Photographer, 1337 Eighteenth Street, / Denver, Colo.]. The edges of the card are ridged. The back has an orange sticker on it.

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Catalog reference: 2014.37.13.12

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