Albumen print of U. S. Colored Troops at Ft. Douglas

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An albumen print on cabinet card depicting troops at Ft. Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah. Captured outdoors, surrounded by tall trees and brick buildings, the troops stand in formation on a large grass-cut lawn. Below the photograph, inscribed in white ink on the gray mount, is: [Colored Troops at Ft. Douglass, / Salt Lake City]. On the reverse of the photographic card, adhered to the black backing, is a faded sepia photograph. An unidentified man and woman are captured standing near the edge of the wrap-around porch of a large white two-story house. The woman has dark hair and wears a dark long sleeve dress. The man wears a dark top-hat, dark jacket, and dark trousers. On the right of the photograph, at the back of the house, is a clothesline with clothes hanging from it. A bushy tree partially blocks the view of a roof behind it.

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