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Asst. Sec'y of the Navy Soley – Historic Reproduction

Asst. Sec'y of the Navy Soley, [between 1890 and 1901] — historic photograph
Asst. Sec'y of the Navy Soley, [between 1890 and 1901]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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Asst. Sec'y of the Navy Soley

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Taken in an office in Washington, D.C., this portrait shows James Russell Soley, who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the early 1890s. Soley was also a writer and historian of naval affairs, a background that set him apart from many officials of his day. The picture is a glass dry-plate negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for photographing American places and people around the turn of the century. Its exact date is unknown, though it falls between 1890 and 1901, so the office setting is worth studying for clues about the Navy Department at that time.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenrePortrait photographs.Dry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 021469. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsSoley, James Russell,--1850-1911. United States.--Navy. Government officials--United states. Offices.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64544

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