Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Falkener, Henry Hall, American, 1859 - 1931
Date
early 20th century
Medium
ink on cardboard
Dimensions
H x W (Card): 5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.7 × 8.7 cm)
H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.2 × 7.7 cm)
Caption
Henry Hall Falkener, Republican, served as a Senator of North Carolina, 19th district, Littleton, Warren County in the session of 1889. Falkener was also a principal at Percy Street School, the first graded school for African Americans in N.C., built in 1880, as well as one of four charter teachers at what is now NC A&T when it was founded in 1891.
Description
A sepia toned, postcard portrait of Senator Henry Hall Falkener. He has a mustache and is wearing a dark, pin-striped suit jacket, dark vest, white collared shirt and medium dark tie with a diagonal stripe across the tie. The reverse is white with black printed text and a stamp box printed in black ink: [POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS / PLACE STAMP HERE]. The stamp box is bordered by letters, [AZO], with two triangles pointing up on the top and two triangles pointing down on the bottom of the box. A handwritten note in red ink on the back reads [Senator H.H. Falkener], identifying the subject.
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
portraits
postcards
Topic
American South
Education
Photography
Politics
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Margaret Falkener DeLorme, Waldo C. Falkener, Cameron S. Falkener and Gilbert E. DeLorme
Object number
2014.94.3
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a73568f1-02a7-46c5-ae1b-4015f0f1ec92

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