Henry Hall Falkener, American, 1859 - 1931 Search this
Medium:
ink on cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W (Card): 5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.7 × 8.7 cm)
H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 3 1/16 in. (11.2 × 7.7 cm)
Type:
portraits
postcards
Date:
early 20th century
Caption:
Henry Hall Falkener, Republican, served as a Senator of North Carolina, 19th district, Littleton, Warren County in the session of 1889. Falkener was also a principal at Percy Street School, the first graded school for African Americans in N.C., built in 1880, as well as one of four charter teachers at what is now NC A&T when it was founded in 1891.
Description:
A sepia toned, postcard portrait of Senator Henry Hall Falkener. He has a mustache and is wearing a dark, pin-striped suit jacket, dark vest, white collared shirt and medium dark tie with a diagonal stripe across the tie. The reverse is white with black printed text and a stamp box printed in black ink: [POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS / PLACE STAMP HERE]. The stamp box is bordered by letters, [AZO], with two triangles pointing up on the top and two triangles pointing down on the bottom of the box. A handwritten note in red ink on the back reads [Senator H.H. Falkener], identifying the subject.
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
