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[Florence Prag Kahn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

[Florence Prag Kahn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C., c1914. — historic photograph
[Florence Prag Kahn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C., c1914.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Step back in time with [Florence Prag Kahn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Florence Prag Kahn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Harris & Ewing, Washington, D.C.

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This head-and-shoulders portrait shows Florence Prag Kahn facing the camera, a straightforward studio pose that suits the formal portrait style of the 1910s. The image came from Harris & Ewing, a Washington, D.C., studio that photographed many members of Congress, government officials, and their families during that decade. Kahn was the wife of Representative Julius Kahn of California, and she later became the first Jewish woman elected to Congress, succeeding her husband after his death in 1924. Photographs like this one, taken while she was still a congressional spouse in the capital, document her presence in Washington before she held office herself.

Created / publishedc1914.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ190649 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,286 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194152

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