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Robert R. McCormick – Vintage Wall Art

Robert R. McCormick, 1925 Dec. 14. — historic photograph
Robert R. McCormick, 1925 Dec. 14.. 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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A window into the past: Robert R. McCormick, preserved in this historic photograph. 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 R. McCormick

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This portrait shows Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955), the Chicago newspaper publisher who ran the *Chicago Tribune* for decades and built it into one of the most influential papers in the Midwest. The print is credited to Underwood & Underwood, the New York firm that supplied press photographs and portraits to newspapers and magazines in the early twentieth century. Its December 1925 date falls in the years when McCormick was consolidating his control of the *Tribune*, and studio portraits like this one were used to introduce newsmakers to readers. The catalog data for this print is unverified, so the date and attribution are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published1925 Dec. 14.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Underwood & Underwood. No. 5281 R. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: M-, R- Rutherford, 1880-1955; Foce. press?. BI; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,176 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155490

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