Portrait photographs. Portrait of naval officer

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1 negative : safety ; 8 x 10 in.

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A safety negative from 1920 showing a naval officer, photographer unspecified. The format is eight by ten inches.

Theodor Horydczak worked as a commercial photographer in Washington, D.C. His photographs are preserved at the Library of Congress as a named collection.

The record provides no identifying information about the officer pictured. Naval portraiture of this period typically served official or commemorative purposes, though the circumstances of this sitting are not documented. The use of a safety negative, a cellulose acetate or similar non-nitrate base, reflects standard professional practice for archival stability.

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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