- Collection:
- The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Title:
- Certification of the South Carolina Independent Party
- Creator:
- Scroggins, Bill
The State Media Company (Columbia, S.C.) - Date of Original:
- 1968-01-24
- People:
- Bessinger, Maurice, 1930-2014
Thornton, O. Frank (Oscar Frank), 1905-1992 - Location:
- United States, South Carolina, Richland County, 34.0218, -80.90304
United States, South Carolina, Richland County, Columbia, 34.00071, -81.03481 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Wearing a Wallace for President pin, Maurice Bessinger (left) accepts a charter certifying the South Carolina Independent Party as a third political party from South Carolina Secretary of State O. Frank Thornton. The S.C. Independent Party was formed to support candidate George C. Wallace for President of the United States.
- Local Identifier:
- state_267_0225
- Metadata URL:
- https://localhistory.richlandlibrary.com/digital/collection/p16817coll21/id/377
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright The State Media Company. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the Walker Local and Family History Center at Richland Library, Columbia, S.C. 29201.
- Original Collection:
- Box 267, Independent Party, M. Bessinger Certified, The State Newspaper Photograph Archive
- Contributing Institution:
- Richland Library
- Rights:
-
