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[Barbara Newberry with Buzzer the cat] – Antique Print

[Barbara Newberry with Buzzer the cat], [1915?] — historic photograph
[Barbara Newberry with Buzzer the cat], [1915?]. Historic photograph from the Cats & Dogs 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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[Barbara Newberry with Buzzer the cat] 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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[Barbara Newberry with Buzzer the cat]

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Barbara Newberry, the young sitter in this gelatin silver print, is pictured with a cat named Buzzer, and the pairing is what sets the image apart from the many other cat portraits on this board. The photograph belongs to the Arnold Genthe Collection at the Library of Congress, which holds a large body of portraits Genthe made in his San Francisco and New York studios in the 1910s. Genthe was known for relaxed, informal sittings that let his subjects look natural rather than posed, and a child with a pet fits that approach well. The date of about 1915 is an estimate in the record, so the exact year remains uncertain.

Created / published[1915?]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Gelatin silver prints 1910-1920.
NotesGenthe negative no. 70213/2 on verso. Forms part of: Arnold Genthe Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsChildren--1910-1920. Cats--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,633 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221667

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