A carte-de-visite showing a still life incorporating a skull and two crossed bones, arranged above some Sigma Chi regalia.

According to Wikipedia: 'Sigma Chi International Fraternity is one of the largest social fraternities in North America. The fraternity has 244 active chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more than 345,000 members. The fraternity was founded on June 28, 1855, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, by members who split from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.'

Photographed by Charles Hall Bodurtha (1844-1915) of Delaware, Ohio.