Historical Portrait

John Rains and John Reed in souvenir photograph

1920·Source: internet_archive·View original ↗·Public Domain

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Archive record

John Rains and John Reed pose in a novelty souvenir photograph with automobile cutout and Cliff House backdrop, 1920. Public-domain historical portrait.

About this photograph

John Rains and John Reed posed together for this novelty souvenir photograph on 28 April 1920. The image uses a printed backdrop showing the Cliff House and an automobile cutout, a popular format for keepsake portraits at the time.

The photographer is not identified in the archive record. The photograph is held by the Internet Archive and was digitised through California Revealed, a statewide programme that makes material from California libraries, archives, museums and historical societies publicly available online.

No further information about the two men or the circumstances of the photograph has been recorded.

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

Rights & Attribution

Credit: Internet Archive

Rights: Public Domain. No restrictions on use.

Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.

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