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[Frank George Carpenter, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front] – Historic Photograph Print

[Frank George Carpenter, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], c1922. — historic photograph
[Frank George Carpenter, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front], c1922.. 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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[Frank George Carpenter, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]

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Shown seated and turned toward the camera in a three-quarter length pose, Frank George Carpenter appears in this portrait from about 1922, when he was in his late sixties. Carpenter built a long career as a newspaper correspondent and travel writer, sending syndicated letters from many countries and producing a series of geography readers for young people. The U.S. Copyright Office notation in the record indicates the photograph was registered for publication, which fits a period when writers' portraits often ran alongside their work.

Created / publishedc1922.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesJ257722 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsCarpenter, Frank G. (Frank George),--1855-1924.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,267 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203575

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