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Carl Sandburg and Jo Davidson

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Artist: Alexander Alland, Sr., 1902 - 1989
Sitter: Carl Sandburg, 6 Jan 1878 - 22 Jul 1967; Unidentified Man; Unidentified Man; Jo Davidson, 30 Mar 1883 - 2 Jan 1952

Date: 1938

Type: Photograph

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: Image: 19.4 × 24.9 cm (7 5/8 × 9 13/16"); Sheet: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 9 15/16")

Topic: Interior; Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses; Artwork; Artist's Effects; Costume\Jewelry\Watch; Artwork\Sculpture; Home Furnishings\Drinking vessel\Glass; Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigarette; Tool\Mallet; Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie; Unidentified Man: Male; Jo Davidson: Male; Jo Davidson: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor; Carl Sandburg: Male; Carl Sandburg: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer; Carl Sandburg: Literature\Writer\Poet; Carl Sandburg: Journalism and Media\Journalist; Carl Sandburg: Literature\Writer\Novelist; Carl Sandburg: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Magazine; Carl Sandburg: Literature\Writer\Children's book; Carl Sandburg: Pulitzer Prize; Carl Sandburg: Presidential Medal of Freedom; Portrait

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Alexander Alland, Sr.

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: S/NPG.84.271

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery