Historical Photograph: Pinback Button Featuring a Campaign Portrait of Senator William B. Nash

William Beverly Nash

Historical Photograph: Pinback Button Featuring a Campaign Portrait of Senator William B. Nash

c. 1868

Historical Photograph

The Smithsonian Institution presents a 1868 pin back button with a sepia photograph of William B. Nash, a formerly enslaved man who later became a Congressman (R-SC). The photo shows Nash in a suit jacket and tie from the bust up.

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