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[Mrs. Theresa Shirer, half-length portrait, facing left, holding daughter, Eileen] – Vintage Wall Art

[Mrs. Theresa Shirer, half-length portrait, facing left, holding daughter, Eileen] — historic photograph
[Mrs. Theresa Shirer, half-length portrait, facing left, holding daughter, Eileen]. 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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[Mrs. Theresa Shirer, half-length portrait, facing left, holding daughter, Eileen]

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The sitter is Mrs. Theresa Shirer, shown in a half-length view turned to the left as she holds her daughter, Eileen. The catalog ties the portrait to the family of William L. Shirer, the American journalist who reported from Berlin for CBS through the 1930s and later wrote *The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich*. Dated 1940, the picture was made in the same period when the Shirers were preparing to leave Nazi Germany, so its domestic tone stands in contrast to the political upheaval surrounding the family at the time.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1940
SubjectsShirer, William L. (William Lawrence),--1904-1993--Family.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,280 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-191866

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