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[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Vintage Photo Print

[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [ca. 1900]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Sgt. William Carney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

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Sgt. William Carney appears in this head-and-shoulders portrait, facing the camera, made around 1900. It is part of a set of Medal of Honor recipients gathered by Daniel Murray, a Black librarian at the Library of Congress who documented African American military service. Carney earned the medal for his actions at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, in July 1863, when he carried the colors of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry after the color bearer fell and kept the flag aloft despite his wounds. He is widely recognized as the first Black American to receive the Medal of Honor.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910.
NotesDaniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Military service.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194736

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