[Edward Henry Harriman, railroad magnate, and wife, three-quarter-length portrait taken outdoors] – Antique Photo Print
![[Edward Henry Harriman, railroad magnate, and wife, three-quarter-length portrait taken outdoors], c1909. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a0/a0277b5d4da2-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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[Edward Henry Harriman, railroad magnate, and wife, three-quarter-length portrait taken outdoors] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Edward Henry Harriman, railroad magnate, and wife, three-quarter-length portrait taken outdoors]
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Edward Henry Harriman, who built much of his fortune on American railroads including the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific, sits for this outdoor portrait alongside his wife, Mary Williamson Averell Harriman. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, the news photography archive that Bain, a New York photographer, assembled in the early 1900s, and it dates to about 1909, the year Harriman died. Outdoor family portraits of this kind were a common way for wealthy figures of the era to present themselves as private citizens rather than as industrial power brokers.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by George Grantham Bain. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Harriman, Edward Henry,--1848-1909--Family. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,087 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-168563 |
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