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[Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie, sister-in-law Estelle (Stella) Whitfield, and daughter Margaret, walking outdoors in winter] – Historic Reproduction

[Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie, sister-in-law Estelle (Stella) Whitfield, and daughter Margaret, walking outdoors in winter], c1911. — historic photograph
[Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie, sister-in-law Estelle (Stella) Whitfield, and daughter Margaret, walking outdoors in winter], c1911.. 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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[Andrew Carnegie with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie, sister-in-law Estelle (Stella) Whitfield, and daughter Margaret, walking outdoors in winter]

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Few pictures of Andrew Carnegie show him so informally: here the steel magnate walks outdoors in winter with his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie, her sister Estelle (Stella) Whitfield, and their daughter Margaret. Carnegie, who had sold his steel interests in 1901 and turned to philanthropy, funded thousands of public libraries across the English-speaking world. The photoprint was issued by the American Press Association, a syndicate that distributed news pictures to newspapers, and it reflects the period's taste for candid family images of wealthy public figures.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by the American Press Association. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI (4); Shelf. Sources checked, etc., on verso of card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,050 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151709

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