Posted 8 years ago
scottvez
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This came in a grouping that included the Phillips Academy baseball team.
This image depicts a famous Phillips graduate.
Richard T. Greener graduated from Phillips in 1865 and had this photograph taken, AUTOGRAPHED it, and exchanged it with another student. The tax stamp on the back clearly dates it to 1 JUL 1865.
Greener went on to become the FIRST African- American graduate of Harvard in 1870.
In 1874, he became the FIRST African- American Professor at the University of South Carolina and later served as Dean of the Howard University School of Law.
Reproduction of this image in any form is prohibited.
Fabulous image of a confident young man !!!
Thanks vetraio, Greener was definitely a ground breaker. If you have the time do an online search-- he really had a fascinating life.
He also served as a Diplomat to Russia during the Russo- Japanese War.
scott
Shall do !!!
This was one of the better biographies I found:
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/greener-richard-t-1844-1922
The discovery of his documents a few years ago created controversy too !!!
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/10/16/richard-t-greener-harvard-diploma-chicago-man-threatens-to-burn/
But they went on display late last year :
http://s-usih.org/2014/01/i-had-to-get-their-attention-race-class-and-intellectual-history-on-chicagos-south-side.html
I find my self looking at the back of vintage pictures for the stamps now before I look at the front of them ,...lol nice picture ...Scott
Yep vetraio-- a mountain of controversy surrounded the discovery, marketing and eventual sale of the collection!
Roy-- the tax stamps date images to the time period of 1 AUG 64- 31 JUL 66. They are a study in themselves. I have hundreds and would consider them to be generally misunderstood and under appreciated by many photo collectors.
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Thanks for looking vo and mcheconi!
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Thanks for looking nobucks, kyra and trunkman.
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Thanks for looking chrissy and picker.
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Thanks cultcha and kiva.
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Thanks much ted!
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Thanks for looking hunter.
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Thanks tom and rick!
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Here is a carte de visite (cdv) found on the Phillips Academy web site that shows the same pose as my image (NOT autographed):
http://www.andover.edu/About/Newsroom/Pages/RichardTGreener1865.aspx
HAPPY NEW YEAR SCOTTV !!!!!
THANKS VETRAIO, and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
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Thanks rade and brunswick!
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Scott, another gem from history indeed! It's a shame it took another hundred years for things to really change in this country.
Thanks for looking and commenting sign-- agree.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
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SEASON's GREETINGS to YOU & YOURS SCOTTV !!! ! !!!