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African American Army Medic 1890 Black Buffalo Soldier Doctor Corp Photo J15430

African American Army Medic 1890 Black Buffalo Soldier Doctor Corp Photo J15430
African American Army Medic 1890 Black Buffalo Soldier Doctor Corp Photo J15430

African American Army Medic 1890 Black Buffalo Soldier Doctor Corp Photo J15430

DETAILS: Original cabinet card photograph of an African American Medic stationed with the US Army Hospital Corp. He is wearing the 1890 army dress uniform. The two buttons on the collar are marksmanship awards. The vast majority of African Americans serving in the military during this time were tasked with unimportant menial labor jobs. Photographs of African Americans in the medical profession from this era, especially those in uniform, are exceptionally rare.

Measures 4.25" x 6.5" inches. Soldier is a hospital corp private. Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in vintage paper items with a large selection of historical and 19th Century tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, cabinet cards, carte des visites and other types of early photography.


African American Army Medic 1890 Black Buffalo Soldier Doctor Corp Photo J15430