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[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right] – Historic Print

[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right], c1919 Aug. 27. — historic photograph
[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right], c1919 Aug. 27.. 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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[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right]

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Joseph Irvin France, a Maryland Republican who later served in the United States Senate, sits in this head-and-shoulders portrait turned to the right, in the formal, plainly lit style typical of Washington studio work. The picture was made by Harris & Ewing, the District of Columbia firm that photographed many lawmakers, officials, and other figures in the capital in the early twentieth century, and it was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. The date of about August 1919 comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified, so it is best read as approximate. Like many studio portraits of its era, the image shows how a public man chose to be seen.

Created / publishedc1919 Aug. 27.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ236394 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,025 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139642

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