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Summary
Spirit photograph shows portrait of John K. Hallowell and super-imposed faces of fifteen deceased people including George Washington and Queen Victoria.
H2332 U.S. Copyright Office.
Copyright by John K. Hallowell.
No. 4.
Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Photographers section.
Annenberg batch 2
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Date
01/01/1901
Contributors
Fallis, S. W., photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
