Antique Portrait - Washington DC - Daniel Boone come to life – Historic Photograph Print
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Antique Portrait - Washington DC - Daniel Boone come to life
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In June 1939, Washington studio Harris & Ewing photographed a living re-creation of an old portrait of Daniel Boone, the frontiersman whose tales of Kentucky wilderness made him one of the best-known figures of early America. The title's phrase "come to life" suggests a costumed performer posed to match the painted original, a kind of tableau that was popular at the time for civic events and publicity. Harris & Ewing, founded in Washington in 1905, built its reputation on news and portrait photographs of government officials and public occasions, which makes this image a useful record of how the capital presented its history to the public just before the United States entered the 1940s.
| Created / published | [19]39 June 20. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Harris & Ewing |
| Original scan | 925 × 740 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HAR-99677 |
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