Title

M. W. Gibbs, 1887. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

M. W. Gibbs, 1887. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs was an American-Canadian politician, businessman, and advocate of rights for African-Americans. He was the first black person elected to public office in British Columbia. From "Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive and Rising" by William J. Simmons.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A03_155

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25,4Mb (983,7Kb) / 8,5in x 11,6in / 2537 x 3494 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black male library man men businessman politics country guy Canada Canadian color political location century concept African American African-American B&W afro-american public library politician United States of America Colour rights 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black politicians human rights New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA equal rights portrait united states Unknown Simmons Gibbs Cleveland cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art portraits 19th-century William J. Schomburg Center for Research Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture M. W. G. M. Rewell & Co. G. M. Rewell & Company Rewell. G. M. & Co. & Company William J. Simmons O. Cleveland O. Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Mifflin Wistar M. W. Gibbs