Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 441

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MILITARY--INDIAN WARS.) BUFFALO SOLDIER. Albumen cabinet card photographic portrait of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. 5-1/2 x 4 inches on Baumann & Fitzsimons photographers' card mount; some minor toning, scuff and tiny pinhole at the bottom of the mount. (WGC) Crawford, NEB, circa 1893
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Additional Details

This soldier wears a vest and tie under a military jacket with shield eagle buttons and the three blue chevrons of an infantry sergeant, indicating that he is likely a member of the 24th Infantry, which is known to have passed through Fort Robinson in Crawford, Nebraska several times in the 1890's.