Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - No midget lap-sitting for Speaker – Vintage Wall Art
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Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - No midget lap-sitting for Speaker
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The title itself is the most distinctive detail: it says the Speaker of the House refused to let a little person sit on his lap, a playful note that reflects how press photographers of the period staged and captioned lighthearted moments. Harris & Ewing, a Washington studio that photographed officials, visitors and news events for decades beginning in the early 1900s, produced many pictures like this for newspapers. The word used in the title is now considered offensive, but it was common then, which makes the caption a useful record of how such scenes were described in their own time.
| Subjects | Harris & Ewing |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 922 × 736 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HAR-105508 |
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