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[Portrait of President Warren G. Harding Received by Radio from a Distance]

[Portrait of President Warren G. Harding Received by Radio from a Distance]

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[Portrait of President Warren G. Harding Received by Radio from a Distance]
ArtistAmerican, 1921–1934
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Portrait of President Warren G. Harding Received by Radio from a Distance]
Date1923
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 × 4 1/8 in. (12.7 × 10.5 cm)
 Sheet: 5 9/16 × 4 1/4 in. (14.2 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by various donors
Object number2019.427
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Published References Jenkins, C. Francis. “Vision by Radio: Radio Photographs Radio Photograms.” Washington, DC: 1925, p. 17. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center: JENKINS LABORATORIES // WASHINGTON, D.C. // C. FRANCIS JENKINS
Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: 2 [circled] // [pencil markings]
Stamped in purple, verso, center right: FILED MAR 10 1923

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