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Joseph R. Hawley portrait, 1876

Permanent ID:
13772
Date:
1876
Image Description:
A portrait of Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826-1905) from the second of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Hawley was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S. Senator.  From 1873 to 1876, he served as president of the United States Centennial Commission, which planned and ran the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

This digital record contains one image that depicts one portrait from box 115 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876").
Address:
914 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
Dimensions:
Width: 30 cm, Height: 36 cm
Collection:
Herbert Welsh Collection
Related Person or Organization:
W. Curtis Taylor And Company (creator)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) [info:lc/authorities/names/n50057204]