Mattie Edwards Hewitt – Historic Reproduction
![Mattie Edwards Hewitt, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3aac3dc8440b-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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A window into the past: Mattie Edwards Hewitt, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Mattie Edwards Hewitt
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Little is recorded about Mattie Edwards Hewitt beyond her name, which survives on the caption card that accompanied this portrait. The print belongs to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress, assembled by a photographer who worked in Washington, D.C., and made a large body of portraits and documentary images around the turn of the twentieth century. Dated somewhere between about 1890 and 1910, it reflects a period when studio portraiture was becoming widely available to ordinary families. The notations on the card, including the tracings "B.I." and "Ph. Ind.", are worth noting for researchers tracing how the image was catalogued.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910. |
| Notes | Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: B.I.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,095 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156260 |
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