Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

Dusenberry, George W., American, died 1869

McKinlay, Whitefield J., American

Dickson, Elias Evander, American, 1832 - 1909

Wilder, Charles McDuffie, American

Hoyt, William R., American

Randolph, Benjamin Franklin, American, died 1868

Harris, David, American

Mays, James P., American

Jillson, Justus K., American, 1839 - 1881

Lomax, Hutson J., American

Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, American

Thomas, William M., American

Webb, Henry W., American, died 1869

Boseman, Benjamin A. Jr., American, 1840 - 1881

Tomlinson, Reuben, American

Wright, Jonathan Jasper, American, 1840 - 1885

DeMars, Francis, American

Brodie, William J., American

Hayes, Eben, American

Cain, Lawrence, American

Maxwell, Henry J., American, 1837 - 1906

Martin, James, American, died 1868

Cooke, Wilson, American

Miller, Franklin F., American

Rivers, Prince R., American, 1824 - 1887

Duncan, Hiram W., American

Boozer, Lemuel, American, 1809 - 1870

Smythe, Powell, American

Wright, John B., American

Moses, Franklin Israel Jr., American, 1838 - 1906

Saunders, Sancho, American

Nuckles, Samuel, American

White, John Hannibal, American, 1828 - 1878

Burton, Barney, American

Shrewsbury, Henry L., American

Mickey, Edward Charles, American

Henderson, James A., American

Hayne, Henry E., American, born 1840

Mobley, Junius S., American

Hutson, James, American

Sen. Nash, William Beverly, American, 1822 - 1888

Smith, Abraham W., American

Pettengill, Charles H., American

Hyde, John B., American

Lee, Samuel J., American, 1844 - 1895

Simons, William M., American, 1810 - 1878

Chestnut, John A., American

McDaniel, Harry, American

Gardner, John, American

Stephen Atkins Swails, American, 1832 - 1900

Perrin, Wade, American, died 1870

James, Burrell S., American

Johnson, William E., American

Wimbush, Lucius W., American, 1839 - 1872

Hayes, Elliott Stannmore Jerome, American, 1848 - 1913

Farr, Simeon, American

Mead, John W., American

Thompson, Benjamin A., American

Rainey, Joseph Hayne, American, 1832 - 1887

Milford, Thomas Bailey, American

Medium

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 4 × 2 1/2 in. (10.2 × 6.4 cm)

H x W (image): 3 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.8 × 5.7 cm)

Type

cartes-de-visite

albumen prints

portraits

Place depicted

South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

1868

Description

A carte-de-visite of sixty-four (64) so-called "Radical" members of the reconstructed South Carolina legislature after the Civil War. The upper portion of the carte-de-visite is a composite photograph of bust-style portraits of each Congressional member. Below the composite photograph is printed text on the card identifying fifty (50) of the members of Congress as "colored" and thirteen (13) as "white." The text incorrectly states that sixty-three (63) members are pictured. On the verso is printed text listing the names of the sixty-four (64) people depicted on the front, listed by row, "Lines from Left to Right." Some names are misspelled. All corners of the card are trimmed.

Topic

African American

Political organizations

Politics (Practical)

Race relations

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.49.4

Restrictions & Rights

Public domain

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture