Tintype of man saluting against a backdrop of Grant's Tomb

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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 sixth plate tintype depicting a man standing in front of a bench and a painted studio backdrop of Ulysses S. Grant's tomb. He is looking directly at the camera. His proper right arm is fully extended, raised shoulder-height, in an open-palmed salute. In his left hand he holds a dark-colored sombrero. He wears a light-colored suit, white shirt, cravat, and a wide belt highly decorated with cowrie shells and other ornamental elements. To his left, his cane is propped up on the bench beside him. There is a small black smudge in the lower right-hand corner of the tintype near the base of the bench. The tintype does not lay flat and the lower portion is slightly raised when placed on a level surface. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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