Photograph of Len Glascow in a Buffalo Soldier uniform riding a horse: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of Len Glascow on a horse outside of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, CA. Glascow is dressed in Buffalo Soldier regalia, with Sgt. striped on his sleeves, a broad brimmed hat, rifle, and stamped canteen. The sign for the museum is visible but partly obscured by a tree.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1994
• Subject of: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American
• Subject of: 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" Inc., American, founded 1966
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image & Sheet): 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
• Place captured: California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Buffalo Soldiers
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Professional organizations
• Object number: 2013.73.14.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lenton W. Glascow
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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