A carte-de-visite of a young man identified as a soldier of Co. B, U.S. 24th Infantry Regiment. Captured in studio against a floor length cloth backdrop, the unidentified Buffalo Soldier gazes directly at the camera. He is wearing a bowtie, white shirt, button-down jacket, vest, bright trousers and dress shoes. The chain of a pocket-watch hangs from his vest, through a buttonhole to his proper left vest pocket. On the reverse of the photographic card is a grey sketch depicting three naked children, one riding atop a camera box on wheels. The child holds a whip in their proper right hand and rope “reins” that tug at the other two children who pull the camera cart. A butterfly hovers above the children, as well as “MOSSER & SNELL,” in black ink. Below the drawing is: [MOSSER & SNELL, / Traveling / Photographic Art Gallery / Cantonment, Ind. Terr. / Pictures copied and enlarged to any size.]. A handwritten inscription on the back reads [CO. B / 24th U.S. INF.T] along with several alpha-numeric notations.
| Date | ca. 1886 |
| Photograph by | Mosser & Snell, American |
| Subject of | Unidentified Man or Men |
| Subject of | 24th Infantry Regiment, American, 1869 - 2006 |
| Subject of | United States Army, American, founded 1775 |
| Place captured | Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America |
| Medium | albumen and silver nitrocellulose on paper (fiber product) cardboard |
| Dimensions | H x W (Image): 3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (8 x 5.2 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W (Sheet): 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (9.6 x 5.9 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W (Mount): 3 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (9.9 x 6.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Object number | 2013.244.19 |
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