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1908

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1957

  • We acquired this object.

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Photograph, Andrew Carnegie

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Davis and Sanford and subject: Andrew Carnegie. It is dated 1908 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is photograph on sensitized paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Museum Picture Library.

Its dimensions are

33 × 26.2 cm (13 in. × 10 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Lower left, copyright seal of the photographers.

It is signed

Signature of the sitter (in ink), below

It is inscribed

In pencil, "Davis and Sanford."

Cite this object as

Photograph, Andrew Carnegie; Photographed by Davis and Sanford; Subject: Andrew Carnegie (American, born Scotland, 1835–1919); USA; photograph on sensitized paper; 33 × 26.2 cm (13 in. × 10 5/16 in.); 1957-148-64

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