A framed carborundum mezzotint print depicting a small, dilapidated cabin next to a pond. Three figures are on the cabin’s porch: a woman holds a baby next to a figure seated in a rocking char. A set of steps and a winding path lead down to a small dock…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.70.2
The cabin is a one-story, two-room, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with an extended side gable roof which acts as the overhanging porch roof and a brick /masonry fireplace on the west elevation. The structure is a timber frame, meaning a heavy…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.57
A musical comedy with the title Cabin in The Sky. It consists of three (3) reels of black-and white 16mm acetate film with optical sound. The film follows Little Joe Jackson (Eddie Anderson) who has a gambling problem and is killed in a shootout with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.59.1abc
An albumen print cabinet card portrait of an infant, Mary Evelina Allston, wearing a long christening gown and a necklace. The infant is seated in a chair covered in a dark-colored blanket with a decorative floral design. Text stamped on the reverse of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.31.4
A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.8
An albumen print on cabinet card depicting a young Buffalo Soldier. Captured gazing to his proper right, an unidentified young man with dark short hair wears a bright shirt, dark button-down vest, and dark jacket. The jacket has two rectangle emblems at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.33
Cabinet card of Co. G 25th Regiment Buffalo Soldier. The portrait of the soldier shows him looking toward the left of the image. The image fades toward the bottom to white. He is wearing a uniform with two square pins on each side of his jacket lapel. He…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.105.22
A sepia tone albumen print cabinet card of a Buffalo Soldier, identified as Mr. John Baker, captured in Salt Lake City, Utah. Pictured standing in studio against a solid backdrop, with a large wood prop to his proper left, Baker gazes directly at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.37
A black-and-white photograph of an African American man wearing a military uniform facing center, seated on a tree stump. He leans his right arm on the stump, and his left leg is crossed over his right. He is holding a pair of white gloves in his right…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.5
A cabinet card of a Civil War veteran. The unidentified man wears ribbons for the G. A. R. (Grand Army of the Republic) of Virginia Veterans and Navy. A stamp at the bottom of the photograph reads: [Patten & Stratton / 47 Hanover Street, / Boston, Mass.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.51
This is a black and white photograph mounted on a card of a man in a Civil War uniform holding a rifle. Standing at attention, the man wears an open, knee-length coat. The coat has an attached cape that reaches to the elbows. Under the coat is is a four…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.1
This is a black and white photograph of an African American Civil War Veteran at 11th Indiana Monument at Chickamauga. Standing sideways in front of the monument, he is in profile to the viewer. His left leg is propped up on the base of the monument.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.2.1
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…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.16
On the far right, a man leans against a large fence post and looks to his left. In the background, a large building with wrap-around porches on both the ground and second floors. On the second floor, a man can be seen leaning against a post. Printed on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.9.20
A black-and-white cabinet photograph of a man standing with a cane. Captured in studio against an ornate backdrop, an unidentified dark-haired man poses wearing a thigh-length dark jacket, bowtie, bright shirt, button-down vest, medium-dark trousers and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.28
A cabinet photograph depicting a man wearing a boutonnière. Captured in studio, an unidentified dark-haired man poses gazing beyond the camera. He has a wide moustache, wears a bright high collar shirt and plaid jacket with boutonnière in his proper left…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.31
A cabinet card photograph of Mrs. Houston taken by Taylor and Wyre in Nashville, Tennessee. Mrs. Houston’s portrait captures her from the chest up, fading out from below her chest. She is wearing a pattered, almost zebra-like, dress with a bow-tie…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.103
A cabinet card portrait of a newspaper carrier. The man is pictured standing in the center of the image against a light background. He is dressed in a dark hat and jacket, with a canvas newspaper carrier bag full of papers worn over his shoulder. In his…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.65
A sepia tone cabinet photograph of an unidentified woman. Captured in studio seated behind a large stone prop, the woman's dark hair is in a pinned updo and she wears an embellished high collar dress. Most of her body is blocked from view by a large stone…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.30
A cabinet card photograph of a woman in a long dress. She is pictured standing, facing the camera with her hands clasped in front of her center. Her head is slightly tilted away from the photographer. She is adorned with a ring, bracelet, necklace with a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.76.5
A cabinet card photograph of a woman named Lucy taken by Judd Photography in Sewanee, Tennessee. She is captured standing and wearing a floor-length, long-sleeve dark color dress while holding a fan in front of her with both hands. Lucy is standing to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.91
A cabinet card photograph of a middle-aged woman wearing a dress and lace collar. The bottom left corner is lost. On the back, writing in pencil is faded and difficult to make out.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.98
Cabinet card photograph of a World War I soldier in uniform tunic, puttees, and an overseas hat. The soldier is depicted in three-quarters profile, standing on a set of exterior steps in front of a doorway. The photograph has been adhered to a dark grey…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.102
A sepia tone cabinet photograph of a young man. Captured in studio, portrait style, an unidentified young man with short brown hair poses wearing a dark button-down jacket. At the bottom of the photograph in brown ink is: [Furlong,Las Vegas.]. There are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.244.27
