Henry Schell Hagert portrait, 1876

A portrait of Henry Schell Hagert (1826-1885) from the first of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Hagert was a United States lawyer, writer, and poet.  Hagert was born in Philadelphia, where he was graduated at Central High S...

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Main Author: W. Curtis Taylor And Company (Creator)
Collection:Herbert Welsh Collection (#0702)
Date:1876
Dimensions:30 x 36 cm
Location:914 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA
Box Number:Box 114
Format: Electronic
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Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13767
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Summary: A portrait of Henry Schell Hagert (1826-1885) from the first of two photographic portrait albums assembled by W. Curtis Taylor & Company for the Centennial Exhibition. Hagert was a United States lawyer, writer, and poet.  Hagert was born in Philadelphia, where he was graduated at Central High School in 1842.  He was admitted to the bar, May 8, 1847, and soon became solicitor for the board of guardians of the poor.  After the consolidation of the city in 1854, he was appointed assistant city solicitor, as which he drafted many important city ordinances.  He served as assistant district attorney in 1856–1857, 1868–1871, and 1875–1878, and as district attorney in 1878–1881.

This digital record contains one image of one portrait from box 114 (labeled as: Representative Men in Phila. 1876").