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[Portrait of Theodore Dreiser] – Antique Photo Print

[Portrait of Theodore Dreiser], 1933 Nov. 8. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Theodore Dreiser], 1933 Nov. 8.. 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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A window into the past: [Portrait of Theodore Dreiser], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Theodore Dreiser, the novelist behind *Sister Carrie* and *An American Tragedy*, sat for this portrait on November 8, 1933, in the studio of Carl Van Vechten, the writer and photographer who spent decades making portraits of the artists, performers and writers of the period. Dreiser was then one of the most controversial figures in American letters, known for naturalistic fiction that examined money, ambition and moral failure in unsparing detail. The gelatin silver print is part of Van Vechten's large celebrity series, now held by the Library of Congress, and it captures a writer at mid-career, when his reputation was firmly established.

Created / published1933 Nov. 8.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV E 11 (possibly SV E 21). Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsDreiser, Theodore,--1871-1945.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,123 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128338

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