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[Dr. William C. Fowler, half-length portrait, facing front, holding an apple] / Underwood & Underwood, Inc. – Vintage Wall Art

[Dr. William C. Fowler, half-length portrait, facing front, holding an apple] / Underwood & Underwood, Inc., 1926 February 6. — historic photograph
[Dr. William C. Fowler, half-length portrait, facing front, holding an apple] / Underwood & Underwood, Inc., 1926 February 6.. 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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[Dr. William C. Fowler, half-length portrait, facing front, holding an apple] / Underwood & Underwood, Inc.

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Dr. William C. Fowler poses at half length, facing the camera, with an apple held near his chest, a prop that sets this portrait apart from many studio sittings of the period. Underwood & Underwood, the New York firm that produced this print on February 6, 1926, made large numbers of portraits and stereoscopic views for newspapers, magazines and home viewers in the early twentieth century. The catalog's subject heading for apples in the 1920s points to the fruit as the picture's theme, but the record offers no biography to explain why Fowler was photographed with it. The direct, unhurried pose is typical of the firm's portrait work and is worth noticing alongside the prop.

Created / published1926 February 6.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesNo. 5636 RU.
SubjectsApples--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,304 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-202940

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