Agatha Christie and her first husband, Col. Archibald Christie, in 1919 – Historic Reproduction
![Agatha Christie and her first husband, Col. Archibald Christie, in 1919, [photo taken 1919, printed ca. 1977] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29f045750017-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 Agatha Christie and her first husband, Col. Archibald Christie, in 1919. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Agatha Christie and her first husband, Col. Archibald Christie, in 1919
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Agatha Christie appears here with her first husband, Archibald Christie, in a portrait that predates her fame as a novelist. The picture was taken in 1919, when the couple had been married about five years, and Archibald, a former Royal Flying Corps officer, was adjusting to life after the First World War. Agatha had not yet published the novel that launched her career, *The Mysterious Affair at Styles*, which appeared in 1920. The print itself was made around 1977, about a year after her death, so it reflects later interest in her life as much as the moment it was taken.
| Created / published | [photo taken 1919, printed ca. 1977] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1970-1980. |
| Subjects | Christie, Agatha,--1890-1976--Family. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,304 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182160 |
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