[Merritt Edson, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, posed on lawn, with his grandfather, father & son] – Historic Photograph Print
![[Merritt Edson, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, posed on lawn, with his grandfather, father & son], [ca. 1930] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fbefd61d53f6-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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[Merritt Edson, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, posed on lawn, with his grandfather, father & son] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Merritt Edson, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, posed on lawn, with his grandfather, father & son]
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Three generations of men stand together on a lawn in this photograph: Merritt Edson, in uniform, posed with his grandfather, his father, and his own son. Edson was a United States Marine officer, and the portrait, made around 1930, predates the wartime fame he later earned. He received the Medal of Honor for his leadership on Guadalcanal in 1942, where the fighting on a ridge that now bears his name became a defining episode of the Pacific campaign. The formal outdoor setting and the careful arrangement of the four figures show how family portraits of the period presented lineage as a point of pride.
| Created / published | [ca. 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1930.Group portraits 1930.Photographic prints 1930. |
| Notes | Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1976:306. |
| Subjects | Edson, Merritt--Family. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,283 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183569 |
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