Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919 – Vintage Print
(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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A window into the past: Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919
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Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-born steel magnate and philanthropist, appears here in a portrait dated to about 1910, the period when he was giving away much of the fortune he made from American steel. He emigrated with his family as a boy in 1848 and rose from a telegraph messenger and railroad clerk to head the Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J.P. Morgan in 1901. By the time this portrait was made, he had committed himself to funding libraries, universities and peace organizations, and he is remembered above all for the public libraries he built across the United States and abroad. The record notes an unverified caption card, so the exact occasion for the sitting is not documented.
| Created / published | c1910 May 6. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J141138 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156353 |
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