Ben Tillman Making a Speech

Yellow photo of an image of Ben Tillman in a long dark coat standing above a crowd, the picture is fairly close to Tillman. You can see heads of people in front and to the left of the platform Tillman is on an American Flag.

The reverse of this photograph identifies the speaker as Ben Tillman, who was in Georgetown in 1905 for the Centennial Celebration. Tillman (1847-1918) was a politician from South Carolina who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890-1894 and as a U.

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  • Repository Georgetown County Museum
  • Collection Georgetown County Museum Collection
  • Number 01-013-GM
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  • Title Ben Tillman Making a Speech
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date November 25, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update October 21, 2021

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