Portraits of America

[Herman Hollerith, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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[Herman Hollerith, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1888 (Library of Congress)
[Herman Hollerith, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1888 (Library of Congress)
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1 photographic print on cabinet card mount.


This cabinet card photograph shows Herman Hollerith in a head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. The photograph was taken in 1888 by C. M. Bell, identified in the record as Charles Milton Bell.

The archive record provides no information about who Hollerith was, what he did, or why this portrait was made. The circumstances of the sitting and the relationship between photographer and subject are not documented in the available materials.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.


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