Major Martin R. Delany portrait   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: This is a tintype portrait of a man wearing a suit and resting his right hand on a pillar with a vase of flowers, standing in front of a hanging backdrop. The man pictured is possibly Major Martin R. Delany, an American Civil War soldier who recruited African Americans for the draft in Ohio, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC24_TintypeImageofWhatispossiblyMartinDelany
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Military Ohio; Portrait photography
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center