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[Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, half-length portrait, facing front, standing on the Senate rostrum in the U.S. Capitol] – Antique Photo Print

[Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, half-length portrait, facing front, standing on the Senate rostrum in the U.S. Capitol], [1929] — historic photograph
[Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, half-length portrait, facing front, standing on the Senate rostrum in the U.S. Capitol], [1929]. Historic photograph from the U.S. Capitol 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, half-length portrait, facing front, standing on the Senate rostrum in the U.S. Capitol]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Charles Curtis, 31st vice president, half-length portrait, facing front, standing on the Senate rostrum in the U.S. Capitol]

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Taken in 1929, the year he took office, this portrait shows Charles Curtis standing on the Senate rostrum, the raised platform where the presiding officer sits above the chamber floor. Curtis had served as a Kansas senator and as Senate majority leader before Herbert Hoover chose him as running mate, making him the first vice president of substantial Native American ancestry. The photograph was made by the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that recorded federal officials and public buildings during the period.

Created / published[1929]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle from item. Photograph by National Photo Co.
SubjectsCurtis, Charles,--1860-1936.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,267 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157101

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