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A striking camera study of John J. Raskob / Underwood & Underwood, Washington. – Historic Reproduction

A striking camera study of John J. Raskob / Underwood & Underwood, Washington., 1931 — historic photograph
A striking camera study of John J. Raskob / Underwood & Underwood, Washington., 1931. 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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Taken in 1931 by the Washington studio of Underwood & Underwood, this camera study shows John J. Raskob, a General Motors executive who was then chairing the Democratic National Committee. Raskob was also a prominent backer of the Empire State Building in New York, a project that made him a well-known figure in business circles. Underwood & Underwood was a major photography firm that supplied portraits and news pictures to newspapers and magazines, so the picture reflects the polished, deliberate portrait style of the period, when a man's public image was closely managed during the Depression.

Created / published1931
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesNo. 77326 RU.
SubjectsRaskob, John J. (John Jakob),--1879-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,279 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178399

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