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[James P. Kem, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Vintage Wall Art

[James P. Kem, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] — historic photograph
[James P. Kem, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]. 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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James P. Kem appears here in a plain head-and-shoulders portrait, turned to face the camera directly, a format that was standard for official and record photographs of the period. The print is dated 1952, and it belongs to the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, which holds a large body of American portraiture and documentary images. Because the record gives little beyond the sitter's name and year, the picture is best read as a straightforward document of its era, where the frontal pose, neutral framing, and emphasis on the face reflect the conventions of mid-century studio and institutional portraiture.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1952
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,265 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203565

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