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[John L. Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / Miller of Washington. – Vintage Wall Art

[John L. Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / Miller of Washington., [between 1950 and 1956] — historic photograph
[John L. Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / Miller of Washington., [between 1950 and 1956]. 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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[John L. Lewis, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right] / Miller of Washington.

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John L. Lewis, the longtime president of the United Mine Workers of America, sits for this head-and-shoulders portrait taken by the Washington studio Miller, which made many formal photographs of officials and public figures in the postwar capital. Lewis led the union from 1920 to 1960 and was among the most forceful labor leaders of the twentieth century, known for his bargaining fights with coal operators and for his deep, rumbling voice and heavy brows. The print dates to the early 1950s, when he was pressing for better wages and benefits for miners, and the three-quarter angle he adopts here is typical of the dignified studio style used for official portraits of the period.

Created / published[between 1950 and 1956]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1950-1960.Photographic prints 1950-1960.
SubjectsLewis, John Llewellyn,--1880-1969.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,174 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164390

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