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Citizenship lessons: father brushing his hair – Historic Reproduction

Citizenship lessons: father brushing his hair, c1929. — historic photograph
Citizenship lessons: father brushing his hair, c1929.. 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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Step back in time with Citizenship lessons: father brushing his hair, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A father combing his hair, not a grand public event, is the subject of this 1929 stereograph, which is what sets it apart from the dramatic scenes often seen in the period's views. The Keystone View Company, based in Meadville, Pennsylvania, issued many cards like this one, and its "citizenship" titles were typically intended for classroom use, showing everyday domestic routines as models of American home life for immigrants and young students. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two nearly identical photographs merge into a single image with depth, a format that was popular in schools and homes in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1929.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo by Keystone View Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 787 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-119576

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