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Alexander Graham Bell, 1865-1922 – Historic Print

Alexander Graham Bell, 1865-1922, [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
Alexander Graham Bell, 1865-1922, [ca. 1900]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Alexander Graham Bell, 1865-1922, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Alexander Graham Bell, 1865-1922

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This portrait shows Alexander Graham Bell, the Scottish-born inventor who patented the telephone in 1876. It belongs to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, the work of a Washington, D.C., photographer known for portraits of prominent figures and scenes of American life. The Library of Congress dates the picture to around 1900, an estimate made by its staff. Around that time Bell was turning much of his energy from telephone work to aviation research, including the tetrahedral kites he built at his estate in Nova Scotia, so the portrait catches him as his interests were shifting.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900.
NotesTitle and date devised by Library staff. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150130

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