Curtis Dwight Wilbur, 1867-1954 – Historic Print
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Curtis Dwight Wilbur, 1867-1954 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Curtis Dwight Wilbur, 1867-1954
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This portrait shows Curtis Dwight Wilbur, a California jurist whose career later carried him into national service. The record dates the photograph to March 18, 1924, a period when Wilbur was moving from the state bench toward federal office, as President Calvin Coolidge tapped him to lead the Navy Department. The caption card that supplies these details is unverified, so the exact date and occasion should be treated with some caution. Still, the image offers a useful glimpse of a public official at a turning point, when the Teapot Dome scandal was reshaping the Navy's leadership and public trust in government.
| Created / published | 1924 March 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,134 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155703 |
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