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Major John Henry Wigmore – Historic Print

Major John Henry Wigmore, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Major John Henry Wigmore, [no date recorded on caption card]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Major John Henry Wigmore in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Major John Henry Wigmore

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Shown in a studio portrait by the Washington firm Harris & Ewing, John Henry Wigmore is identified on the caption card with the rank of major, a title that stands apart from his better-known career as a legal scholar. Wigmore led the law school at Northwestern University in Chicago and wrote the multivolume *Treatise on the System of Evidence*, which became a standard reference for American courts. The picture comes from the Pan American Union collection, reflecting the hemispheric exchange of the period, when Wigmore took an interest in the legal systems of Latin America. The caption card gives no date, so the sitting is best placed within the years the Washington studio was active.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Harris & Ewing. Pan American Union Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,005 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159600

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