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[Robert Porter Patterson, 1891-1952, bust portrait, facing left] – Vintage Photo Print

[Robert Porter Patterson, 1891-1952, bust portrait, facing left] — historic photograph
[Robert Porter Patterson, 1891-1952, bust portrait, facing left]. 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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[Robert Porter Patterson, 1891-1952, bust portrait, facing left] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Robert Porter Patterson, 1891-1952, bust portrait, facing left]

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Robert Porter Patterson appears here in a bust portrait turned to the left, a format that suits a man whose public life centered on government and the courts. The 1945 date places the picture in the last year of the Second World War, when Patterson held a senior post in the War Department as Under Secretary of War. Portraits of officials from that period were often made for official use and for the press, so the image reflects how wartime leaders were presented to the public. Patterson later served as a federal judge, which is worth keeping in mind when viewing the sober, formal pose.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1945
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,084 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125900

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