Clinton B. Fisk, circa 1874

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Artifact Overview

Clinton Bowen Fisk (1828-1890), photographed about the time President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him to the Board of Indian Commissioners in 1874, gained lasting recognition as the founder of Fisk University. He was an abolitionist, Civil War brigadier general, businessman, banker, and Freedmen Bureau official. He campaigned as the Prohibitionist Party candidate in the 1888 presidential election.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1874

Creator Notes

Original carte de visite by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, California. Copied June 1963 by The Henry Ford.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.779

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8 in