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[Bianca Lyons, full length, standing, facing left; leaning against pillar] – Historic Reproduction

[Bianca Lyons, full length, standing, facing left; leaning against pillar], c1902. — historic photograph
[Bianca Lyons, full length, standing, facing left; leaning against pillar], c1902.. 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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[Bianca Lyons, full length, standing, facing left; leaning against pillar]

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Shown full length and standing, turned to the left with one shoulder against a pillar, the sitter strikes a relaxed studio pose typical of portraits made around 1902. The print carries a copyright line crediting E. Chickering, and the caption card identifies the subject as an actress, though that detail is unverified. Theatrical portraits like this were widely sold as publicity and souvenirs, so the full-length view was meant to show costume and bearing as much as the face. Researchers may find the photographer's imprint and the cited reference, *America's Yesterdays*, a useful starting point.

Created / publishedc1902.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyirghted by E. Chickering. No. 10. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 291. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Actors...; Photog. I.; BI; Actresses; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,228 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138431

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