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[Joseph Mahoney, half-length portrait, seated, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Joseph Mahoney, half-length portrait, seated, facing left] — historic photograph
[Joseph Mahoney, half-length portrait, seated, 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Joseph Mahoney, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Joseph Mahoney, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]

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Joseph Mahoney is shown seated in a half-length pose, facing left, in a photographic print dated 1943. The record does not say who made the portrait or why it was taken, but the year places it during the Second World War, when portraits were often made for identification, employment records or publicity. Angled, seated poses like this one were a common choice of the period, giving the sitter a settled presence while keeping the face clearly readable. Viewers interested in the era may find clues in the clothing, lighting and background.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1943]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,223 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-122180

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