Photograph of James Brown, Civil War veteran, with a picture of Abraham Lincoln
Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- President Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
- James Brown, American, born 1832
- Description
- Elderly African American man with a beard, in a suit, tie, and hat and wearing military medals is turned 3/4 to look at the framed picture of Abraham Lincoln he is holding. Reverse: a newspaper clipping of the same photograph, stamped in purple ink "AMERICAN MAY 29 1936". The title of the article is "Vet, 104, in Parade" with caption in bold and italics: "JAMES BROWN, 104 YEARS OLD! Oldest war veteran left in Illinois." Photograph was intentionally hand-colored with white paint to improve reproduction of the photograph in printed media; the clipping in which the photograph appears is pasted to a paper which is adhered to the photograph.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
- May 1936
- Object number
- 2011.51.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- photographs
- portraits
- Medium
- photographic gelatin on photographic paper and paint; paper; ink on newsprint; blue pencil
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Military
- Photography
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.51.13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd516aed936-9a56-41aa-9ecc-eb1a1e71da7a
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