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Benigno Cárdenas Hernández

A black and white, half-length photograph of Benigno Cárdenas Hernández, seated in a chair/tiles/collection/1/10957.xml
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Reverse of photograph, with “Benigno C Hernandez” handwritten/tiles/collection/1/10958.xml
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A black and white, half-length photograph of Benigno Cárdenas Hernández, seated in a chair
Reverse of photograph, with “Benigno C Hernandez” handwritten
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Date

1915-1921

Maker

Harris & Ewing

Dimensions

4 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (10.8 × 15.9 cm)

Accession Number

PA2013.03.0018

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Benigno Hernández was the first Hispanic American from New Mexico to serve as a U.S. Representative. Voters elected him in 1914, two years after New Mexico was admitted as a state. Like many other politicians in the capital, Hernández sat for a portrait at the studios of Harris & Ewing, the leading photographers of official Washington.

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