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Sereno Elisha Payne, 1843-1914 – Vintage Print

Sereno Elisha Payne, 1843-1914, c1911. — historic photograph
Sereno Elisha Payne, 1843-1914, c1911.. 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 Sereno Elisha Payne, 1843-1914 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Sereno Elisha Payne, 1843-1914

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Sereno Elisha Payne was a Republican congressman from Auburn, New York, who spent most of his career in the House of Representatives. He chaired the Ways and Means Committee, which made him a central figure in tariff policy, and his name became attached to the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909. This portrait, dated around 1911, shows him during the years when that tariff debate was still shaping American politics. Portraits of legislators from this period were often made for official use, newspapers and constituents, so the image offers a glimpse of how Washington presented its lawmakers in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,112 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155928

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