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John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right – Historic Photograph Print

John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right, c1890. — historic photograph
John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right, c1890.. 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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John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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John Wanamaker, 1838-1922, three-quarter length portrait, seated, at desk, facing right

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Seated at a desk and turned toward the right, John Wanamaker appears here in a three-quarter-length pose that suits a man whose public life was built on work and correspondence. Wanamaker (1838-1922) built a Philadelphia dry-goods business into one of the country's best-known department stores, known for fixed prices and aggressive newspaper advertising. Around 1890 he was also serving as Postmaster General under President Benjamin Harrison, a post that connected his commercial reputation to national affairs. The portrait is one of the Frances Benjamin Johnston photographs, and her studio work of this period is valued for its careful, unhurried attention to sitters.

Created / publishedc1890.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890.Photographic prints 1890.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: J698-61609. No. 36876.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,194 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-121543

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