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PHOTODESCRIPTIONUNIT — Box: HUM 2.85 Box 3, Box: Folder 6 Identifier: HUM 2, HUM 2.85, HUM 2.85 (150)

United States Postmaster General Harry S. New, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, 1924

Description

Studio portrait. Inscribed on front: To my good friend Roscoe Simmons, with the best wishes of Harry S. New, Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 1924.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924

Creator

Access

Open for research.

Extent

1 photographs : gelatin silver print on cardboard mount ; ; print 25 x 19 cm, mount 35 x 26 cm)

Biographical / Historical

United States senator from Indiana, postmaster general, journalist, and Spanish-American War veteran.

General note

Blind stamp: Bretzman, Indianapolis. Oversize.

Source of information

Title devised.

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard University Archives Repository

Holding nearly four centuries of materials, the Harvard University Archives is the principal repository for the institutional records of Harvard University and the personal archives of Harvard faculty, as well as collections related to students, alumni, Harvard-affiliates and other associated topics. The collections document the intellectual, cultural, administrative and social life of Harvard and the influence of the University as it emerged across the globe.

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