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John McCormack – Vintage Print

John McCormack, c1919 June 12. — historic photograph
John McCormack, c1919 June 12.. 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 John McCormack. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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John McCormack

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John McCormack, the Irish tenor, was one of the most celebrated concert and recording singers of the early twentieth century, and this print presents him as he was known to audiences of the period. The record dates the image to around June 12, 1919, though that date comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified. McCormack's career spanned opera houses in Europe and America, gramophone recordings that reached households nationwide, and sold-out recital tours, which made his portrait a familiar item in the popular press. Its U.S. Copyright Office reference number suggests it was registered for publication, a common path for studio and promotional portraits of performers at the time.

Created / publishedc1919 June 12.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ234616 U.S. Copyright Office Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,069 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108829

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