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[Thomas W. Brahany, 1876-1964, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[Thomas W. Brahany, 1876-1964, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] — historic photograph
[Thomas W. Brahany, 1876-1964, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Thomas W. Brahany, 1876-1964, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Thomas W. Brahany, 1876-1964, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing right]

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Thomas W. Brahany (1876-1964) appears here in a half-length view, seated at a desk and turned to the right, a pose that was common in formal portraits made in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century. The desk sets the sitter in a working setting rather than a purely ceremonial one, though the record does not say what his work was. The caption card gives no date, so the sitting can only be placed roughly within his lifetime. Viewers interested in portrait conventions of that era may find the pose and framing especially useful for comparison.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 997 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127778

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