William H. Hastie, governor of the Virgin Islands, campaigning for President Truman

1948

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William H. Hastie, governor of the Virgin Islands, campaigning for President Truman
  • Title
  • William H. Hastie, governor of the Virgin Islands, campaigning for President Truman
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • 1948
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.159
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.159
  • Description
  • William H. Hastie (1904-1976) served as governor of the U.S. Virgin Island from 1946 to 1949, when President Truman appointed him as U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge; at that time, Hastie became the only black judge in the federal court system. In this photograph Hastie stands at a podium in an unidentified room, possibly an art studio (three painted canvases lean on the back wall). Seven individuals, six men and a woman, stand behind him, while the heads of two others appear in the foreground. Photographs of President Truman and his vice-presidential running mate, Senator Alben Barkley, are taped to the podium. The same portraits appear on the campaign poster flanking the text: REMEMBER? Prior to 1933 These Men Pledged & Guaranteed OUR economic FUTURE. [Re]gardless How REGISTERED VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC.""
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Political candidates--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Political campaigns--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Judges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Hastie, William, 1904-1976.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh