Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Veteran Kansas Senator moves – Historic Photograph Print
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A window into the past: Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Veteran Kansas Senator moves, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Vintage Portrait - Washington DC - Veteran Kansas Senator moves
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The subject here is a veteran Kansas senator in the middle of a move, a scene that set this portrait apart from the formal studio sittings the Washington firm of Harris & Ewing was known for. The studio, which operated in the capital from 1905 until 1944, photographed a steady stream of lawmakers, officials and visitors for newspapers and private clients. Its work captured the rhythms of official Washington between the two world wars, when members of Congress often shifted between offices, hotels and homes as sessions and elections came and went. Moments like this one, caught outside the usual portrait pose, offer a glimpse of the everyday routines behind political life in the capital.
| Subjects | Harris & Ewing |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 736 × 924 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HAR-102222 |
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