Clarence Mackay -- J.W. Gerard – Antique Wall Art
(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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This historic photograph of Clarence Mackay -- J.W. Gerard brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Clarence Mackay -- J.W. Gerard
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Clarence Mackay, the telegraph and cable executive who built the Harbor Hill estate on Long Island, is paired here with James W. Gerard, though the record's title is unverified. Mackay headed the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable companies and was a prominent figure in New York society in the early twentieth century, while Gerard was a New York lawyer who later served as United States ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917. The glass negative comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied press photographs of public figures, so it reflects the demand for portraits of prominent men of the period.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,309 × 4,841 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-25224 |
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