Historical Portrait
Portrait photograph of Robert Bryson
Archive record
1 slide : lantern ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller.
About this photograph
This lantern slide depicts a portrait of Robert Bryson and is dated to 1896. The archive record credits the image to David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, and Arnold Genthe, though the relationship between these attributions and the 1896 date is not explained.
Arnold Genthe kept a studio in San Francisco from 1896 to 1911 before relocating to New York, where he continued working into the 1940s. After his death in 1942, the Library of Congress acquired roughly 20,000 items from his unclaimed studio.
The format is a lantern slide measuring four by five inches or smaller. Such slides were used for projection in lectures and public presentations. No further information about Robert Bryson or the circumstances of the portrait is provided in the catalogue record.
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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