Subject: African American musicians

Carte-de-visite (CDV) portrait photograph of S. C. Campbell (born S. Cohen), a baritone singer and theatrical entrepreneur, taken circa 1870 at Gurney's studio in New York City. The photograph's reverse features a Gurney studio backmark: "Gurney, Fifth Avenue, Cor. 16th St, N.Y." The sitter's name is printed at the top of the image and handwritten on the back.