Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson & R.P.H., Jr. – Antique Print
![Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson & R.P.H., Jr., [between 1909 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/63/630cfe358523-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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Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson & R.P.H., Jr. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson & R.P.H., Jr.
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Few naval officers of the Spanish-American War were better known than Richmond Pearson Hobson, whose 1898 attempt to sink the collier *Merrimac* at the entrance to Santiago Harbor made him a national hero. This glass negative shows his wife with a son who carries the same initials, R.P.H. Jr. The National Photo Company, a Washington-based commercial studio, made it, and its records date it only to between 1909 and 1919, with the title unverified. Streaks and blemishes visible on the glass come from the natural breakdown of the original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,054 × 4,375 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248420 |
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