Photographic print of the Senate of North Carolina, Session of 1889: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An oval-shaped-sepia photograph mounted on poster paper of the fifty-one senators and Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, session of 1889. The Lieutenant Governor and the delegates are listed on either side of the photograph, with their districts, cities and counties listed next to their names. Lieutenant Governor Thomas Michael Holt is featured in the center of the image. His photograph is larger than the senators. Photographs of Senator Henry Hall Falkener (R) and Senator Dred Wimberly (R) are located at the bottom of the photograph. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1889
• Photograph by: Cyrus Paisley Wharton, American, 1852 - 1929
• Subject of: Henry Hall Falkener, American, 1859 - 1931
• Subject of: Thomas Michael Holt, American, 1831 - 1896
• Subject of: Dred Wimberly, American, 1848 - 1937
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper and ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 16 × 12 15/16 in. (40.6 × 32.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 10 11/16 × 7 9/16 in. (27.1 × 19.2 cm)
• Place made: Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1865-1921
• Object number: 2014.94.18
• 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
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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