Leland Harrison, the U.S. Minister to Switzerland – Historic Print
![Leland Harrison, the U.S. Minister to Switzerland, [between 1937 and 1949] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/27/27ee408d5740-L.webp)
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Leland Harrison, the U.S. Minister to Switzerland. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Leland Harrison, the U.S. Minister to Switzerland
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Leland Harrison, who served as the American minister in Bern for much of the Second World War, is the subject of this portrait. It is a photoprint by Alfred Rohrer, a photographer based in the Swiss capital. The record dates it only to a span between 1937 and 1949, and those details come from an unverified caption card, so the exact sitting date is uncertain. During Harrison's time in Switzerland, the neutral country was one of the few places where diplomats from opposing nations could still communicate, and the American legation there handled affairs for other governments.
| Created / published | [between 1937 and 1949] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Alfred Rohrer, Bern. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Geog.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,053 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157564 |
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