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This is a photograph of soldiers standing in formation. The image shows a long line of soldiers in uniform, each holding a rifle with both hands and wearing hats. They stand on a barren field, with the line extending into the distance. The uniforms are consistent, featuring dark jackets, light gloves, and belts. The perspective emphasizes the alignment and discipline of the formation, and the landscape in the background shows sparse trees and open land.
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This is a photograph of soldiers standing in formation. The image shows a long line of soldiers in uniform, each holding a rifle with both hands and wearing hats. They stand on a barren field, with the line extending into the distance. The uniforms are consistent, featuring dark jackets, light gloves, and belts. The perspective emphasizes the alignment and discipline of the formation, and the landscape in the background shows sparse trees and open land.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

American Soldiers, Cuba

John F. Jarvis, Underwood & Underwood

Date
1899
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 8.3 × 7.7 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.) mount: 8.9 × 17.8 cm (3 1/2 × 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.107
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Soldiers
  • African American
  • Men
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Underwood & Underwood Publishers. / New York London Toronto-Canada Ottawa-Kansas; along right edge: Works and Studios / Washington D.C. Arlington, N.J. Littleton, NH; bottom right: Some of our brave colored Boys who helped to free Cuba. / Copyright 1899 J. F. Jarvis.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, upper right in graphite: 22.11 JAW [underlined] / AF057B

NGA object ID 227125. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.