Jefferson Davis

ID: SA-464 or 2002-32234

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1855

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 6, Folder: 54

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Summary

Portrait of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Senator from Mississippi, President of the Confederate States of America and Smithsonian Regent. Davis was a friend of the first Smithsonian Secretary, Joseph Henry. Image is a portrait set in oval frame.

Subject

  • Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress Senate

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

"Hon. Jefferson Davis, Regent of Smithsonian Inst'n" is written on the document. The old negative number is SA-464, but that negative has been lost.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 6, Folder: 54

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1855

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Portraits
  • Presidents
  • Regents

Place

Confederate States of America

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

SA-464 or 2002-32234

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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