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U. G. Duffield & Co. (1896) [William McKinley]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.12 Author/Creator: U. G. Duffield & Co. (1896) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Photograph signed Date: 17 March 1896 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 32.4 x 26.9 cm. Order a Copy

Bas-relief photograph. Bust portrait, facing right. Signed on the lower portion of the frame. Tag glued onto the back of the frame with torn lower left corner. Typed on tag: Bas-relief Photographs/ U. G. Duffield & Co.,/ General Agents,/ [O]dd Fellows Temple. Philadelphia. Typed in a smaller typeface, in the lower left corner where the tag should have been: "Patented March 17, 1896,/ Other Patents Pending." McKinley's face has been raised and contoured to create a 3-dimensional illusion. Photograph framed in cardboard.

The Odd Fellows Temple was a building in Philadelphia, perhaps initially belonging to a Masonic group.

McKinley, William, 1843-1901

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