Howard E. Coffin – Antique Wall Art
(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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Howard E. Coffin comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Howard E. Coffin
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Few details survive about this glass-plate negative beyond the sitter's name, Howard E. Coffin, an automotive engineer and co-founder of the Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit. He later became known for his work on the Naval Consulting Board during World War I, when industrialists and inventors advised the government on military technology. The Bain News Service, which made and distributed news photographs in New York from the early 1900s, produced many portraits like this one of public figures for newspaper use. Because the record gives no date, the portrait is best understood as one of the service's pictures of prominent men in business and engineering during the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,254 × 5,835 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26959 |
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