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[Edgar W. Howe] – Historic Reproduction

[Edgar W. Howe] — historic print
[Edgar W. Howe]. Historic print 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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Edgar Watson Howe was a newspaper editor from Atchison, Kansas, best known for his cynical, folksy writing in the Atchison Daily Globe, which he founded in 1877 and ran for decades. This 1891 halftone portrait shows him at a time when his paper and his dry "Howe's Monthly" style were making him a national name. Halftone reproduction, which had only recently become practical for newspapers and magazines, let publishers print photographs like this one in bulk, so portraits of writers and public figures could reach readers far beyond their home towns.

Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone.
Notes[1891]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan981 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118702

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