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Mrs. Jack London, J. Purdy, Boston / J. Purdy – Historic Reproduction

Mrs. Jack London, J. Purdy, Boston / J. Purdy, 1905 — historic photograph
Mrs. Jack London, J. Purdy, Boston / J. Purdy, 1905. Historic photograph from the Boston 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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Mrs. Jack London, J. Purdy, Boston / J. Purdy

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The caption identifies the sitter as Mrs. Jack London, wife of the novelist whose *The Call of the Wild* had made him famous by 1903. Charmian Kittredge married London in November 1905, so the portrait dates from the start of her years as his wife. It was made by J. Purdy of Boston, and the glass negative is one of many the Bain News Service supplied to newspapers as news photographs. The record notes that the title comes from caption data the service did not verify, so the name is best read as the label the photographer or agency gave the picture.

Created / published1905
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan4,178 × 5,766 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-6606

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