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[Thomas Mott Osborne, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, and his four sons] – Historic Photograph Print

[Thomas Mott Osborne, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, and his four sons], c1910. — historic photograph
[Thomas Mott Osborne, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, and his four sons], c1910.. 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 Mott Osborne, full-length portrait, seated, facing left, and his four sons] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few portraits on this board show a public figure in a family setting, and this one places Thomas Mott Osborne, seated and facing left, among his four sons. Osborne, a New York lawyer and politician from Auburn, was best known in this period for his work on penal reform, a cause that would bring him national attention when he became warden of Sing Sing prison in 1914. The photograph was made around 1910, when formal group portraits like this were a common way for prosperous families to record themselves. Its staging, with the father seated and the boys arranged around him, offers a useful view of how a reform-minded public man presented his private life.

Created / publishedc1910.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910.Group portraits 1910.Photographic prints 1910.
SubjectsOsborne, Thomas Mott,--1859-1926--Family. Fathers & children--1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,141 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-167152

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