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Lithographic print of Hiram Revels

ca. 1870

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A lithographic print of Hiram Revels from Frank Leslie’s Illustrirte Zeitung. The print is bordered by printed German text. The print has been hand colored. Hiram Revels is pictured wearing a blue suit with a red necktie. Underneath the image is “Hiram Revels, farbinger Bundes-Senator von Mississippi.” The top of the image says “Frank Leslie’s Illustrirte Zeitung.”

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Catalog reference: 2013.239.14

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