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This studio portrait from a tintype shows an African American cowboy (left). The ethnicity of the second man (right) is less clear. The location is unknown.
Date: Around 1865
Item Number: 25134
Call Number: E185 .1865c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 25134
Agriculture - Labor - Cowboys
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Cowboys
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 7: Railroads, Cattle, and Agriculture
Date - 1861-1869 - 1865
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Tintypes
People - African Americans
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Tintypes
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