Full-length studio portrait of a Black miner. CDV-sized tintype. Full thermoplastic case. 

A fine, clear portrait of a Black man holding a small bird cage - almost certainly canaries, indicating his role as a miner. The handsome man wears his jacket buttoned up and his brimmed hat at a jaunty angle.

An exceptional occupational image. 

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [African Americana, African American History, Black History, Slavery, Enslavement, Abolition, Emancipation]