Alanson B. Houghton of N.Y. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Alanson B. Houghton of N.Y., [between 1918 and 1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f56da012a2f0-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Alanson B. Houghton of N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Alanson B. Houghton of N.Y.
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Alanson B. Houghton is the sitter, and the title, taken from unverified data on the negative sleeve, lists his home as New York. The date range of 1918 to 1921 places the portrait in the years when he served in Congress, before he went on to serve as ambassador to Germany and then to Britain. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that photographed public figures in the early twentieth century, made the negative, which Herbert A. French gave to the Library of Congress in 1947. The streaks and blemishes visible on the glass come from deterioration of its original coatings, not from the subject itself.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1921] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,317 × 5,942 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-250325 |
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