May 29, 2015

The 1880s unknown Indian War U.S. cavalry officer

By C.E. Ryan

Image copyright Caroline Ryan. Original from cabinet card of private Collection.

Digitally enhanced picture from cabinet card of private collection.

A gorgeous portrait of an American infantry/cavalry officer. He’s standing proud with his arms crossed, his sword on the side. He’s wearing white gloves and a high collar below his dress coat. He moved ever so slightly, and it seems he has a scar on his nose. I cleaned it up and played with the contrast some, and quite like it this way.

His belt buckle.

The Indian War officer belt buckle.

The card is blank on both sides, what a pity. No name either.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at 5:03 pm and tagged with 1880s, cavalry, handsome man, infantry, USA and posted in Cabinet Cards, Military. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “The 1880s unknown Indian War U.S. cavalry officer”

summertime75
May 29th, 2015 at 5:19 pm

Great picture and he certainly does look proud to be wearing his uniform

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  May 29th, 2015 at 5:25 pm
  
  He does! And I’m sure he’d already seen much by the time this picture was taken. He seems very young for an officer, but then they didn’t have to be 18 to enlist.
  
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