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[Perry Sanford Heath, 1857-1927, half-length portrait, seated at desk] – Historic Photograph Print

[Perry Sanford Heath, 1857-1927, half-length portrait, seated at desk] — historic photograph
[Perry Sanford Heath, 1857-1927, half-length portrait, seated at desk]. 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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This half-length portrait shows Perry Sanford Heath (1857-1927) seated at a desk, a pose that suggests an office setting rather than a studio arrangement meant only for display. Heath was a prominent Republican Party organizer and was later appointed Assistant Postmaster General in the early 1900s, when the postal service was expanding rapidly and patronage was a central political concern. The photograph, dated about 1902, offers a glimpse of how officeholders of the period presented themselves to the public.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1902.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,130 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119535

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