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Cabinet card of Second Lieutenant Charles Young, 9th Cavalry

ca. 1895

Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America

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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.

A black-and-white photograph mounted on a card of Second Lieutenant Charles Young, 9th Cavalry, United States Army. Young is depicted in bust pose with his head and torso turned slightly towards the left edge of the photograph. He has a serious expression on his face and is looking up and into the distance towards the left. Young is wearing an M-1895 Officer’s Undress Coat with U.S and 9th Cavalry collar insignia and second lieutenant shoulder straps. The rectangular shaped photograph is mounted on textured dark gray cardstock. Below the photograph is the imprint of the photographer, F.S. Biddle, printed in gold tone ink that reads [Biddle[underlined]] on the left, [34 E. MAIN ST. / XENIA, O.] on the right, and a graphic of an artist’s palette and brushes at the center with the text [BIDDLE / PHOTO / CO.] printed inside the palette graphic.

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Catalog reference: 2023.78

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