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Description
Photographic portrait of Colis P. Huntington, ca.1879-1890. He can be seen from the chest up facing left. He is balding with hair over his ears and thin hair combed across his pate. He has a short full graying beard and moustache. He is wearing a three-piece suit with a bow tie. Huntington was a rags to riches entrepreneur, railroad magnate, pioneer developer, one of original founders of CPR, a powerful 19th-century lobbyist, who financially aided the Tuskegee Institute. Image is visible in an oval cutout.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 18 x 13 cm., 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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