Cabinet card studio portrait depicting two adult men posed standing side by side, each holding a long rifle. The men wear matching or coordinated frontier-style clothing, including loose trousers tied at the calf, shirts with neck scarves, and soft caps, suggesting costumed or theatrical presentation rather than everyday dress. The backdrop is a painted studio scene with foliage, consistent with late 19th-century photographic studio practice. The photograph is likely an albumen print on cabinet card mount, dating to the 1870s–1880s based on format, mount style, and attire.

The image reads as a staged portrait emphasizing firearms and frontier identity, a common visual trope in studio photography of the period, particularly in the Midwest. The rifles are prominently displayed as props, and the deliberate poses and matching outfits suggest performance, reenactment, or symbolic presentation rather than documentation of militia service or a specific event.

The mount bears a printed photographer’s imprint at the lower margin reading “T. A. Dunlap, Bloomfield, Iowa,” with decorative border elements along the bottom edge. No handwritten identification or additional text is visible on the front in the image provided.