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Sam Rayburn – Antique Wall Art

Sam Rayburn, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Sam Rayburn, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Sam Rayburn. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Sam Rayburn

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Sam Rayburn, the Texas congressman who served as Speaker of the House for much of the mid-twentieth century, is the figure at the center of this portrait. The print was made by Chase Studios, Ltd., a Washington, D.C., firm that produced photographs of officeholders and public figures for use by newspapers, agencies and the public. Rayburn held the speakership for more than 17 years in total, the longest tenure in the office's history, and he was known for his skill at building consensus behind closed doors. The caption card does not record a date, so the exact year the picture was taken remains unconfirmed.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Chase Studios, Ltd., Washington, D.C. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,161 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159506

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