Boise Pemrose [i.e., Boies Penrose] at Zoo – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Boise Pemrose [i.e., Boies Penrose] at Zoo, [between 1918 and 1920] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9a/9ab276feb928-L.webp)
(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: Boise Pemrose [i.e., Boies Penrose] at Zoo, 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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Boise Pemrose [i.e., Boies Penrose] at Zoo
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Here the Pennsylvania senator Boies Penrose is pictured at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., beside a bison, an unexpectedly informal setting for a man of his standing. Penrose served in the U.S. Senate from 1897 until his death in 1921 and was one of the most powerful Republican party leaders of his day. The negative belongs to the National Photo Company collection, whose Washington glass plates record the city's public life in the years around the First World War. The glass shows streaks from deterioration of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1920] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch one. |
| Subjects | Penrose, Boies,--1860-1921. Politicians. Bison. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) Smithsonian National Zoological Park |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,154 × 4,203 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-229775 |
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