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[John Erskine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York. – Historic Photo Reproduction

[John Erskine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York., c1929. — historic photograph
[John Erskine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York., c1929.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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A window into the past: [John Erskine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[John Erskine, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] / Pirie MacDonald, photographer-of-men, New York.

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Shown in a head-and-shoulders view turned to the left, John Erskine sits for this portrait by Pirie MacDonald, a New York studio known for its photographs of men. Erskine taught English at Columbia University and wrote novels that retold classical myths, including *The Private Life of Helen of Troy* (1925), while also working as a pianist and composer. The print was deposited for copyright, which is why this studio portrait from about 1929 is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Created / publishedc1929.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ02391 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Pirie MacDonald, photographer of men, New York.
SubjectsErskine, John,--1879-1951.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,271 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179997

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