[George W. Gillie, 1880- , bust portrait, facing slightly right]

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George W. Gillie appears here in a bust-length portrait, turned slightly toward the right of the frame, a pose photographers of the period often used to give a sitter some depth and presence. The record gives only his name and the birth year of 1880, with no death date and no date for the photograph itself, so the exact year it was taken cannot be confirmed. Portraits like this one were commonly made in studios for personal records, civic documentation, or small-run publication, and the Prints and Photographs Division preserves such images as part of its broader record of American life. Viewers should read the face and clothing as clues to a sitter's standing and the photographic conventions of the era.

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