A.E. Smith (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
A.E. Smith
1920 May 18. (date created or published later by Bain)
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negative.
Photo shows Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944), possibly on the steps of
the New York State Capitol in Albany. Smith was a Democratic
politician, Speaker of the New York State Assembly and Governor of New
York from 1919 to 1920. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13830
Call Number: LC-B2- 2788-11
Comments and faves
swanq (39 months ago | reply)
Could this be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith ?
One picture on the Wikipedia page has a similar hat and possibly the same neck and features. If so, he was a democratic politician in state government in New York during this period and became Governor in 1919.
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1495.html
has a picture that looks even more like this one.
That makes him Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Wystan (39 months ago | reply)
Alfred E. Smith, later the Governor of New York. He looks very young here, compared to his familiar image as the insouciant but unsuccessful Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party in 1928.
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Anne (LOC P&P) (39 months ago | reply)
swanq and Wystan: Looks like the same guy to me! We'll add his full name to the description next time we update.
Wystan (39 months ago | reply)
At the time of this photo (1913), Al Smith had just begun a term as Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
@swanq: there is only one "m" in Emanuel . . . .
LOC -- it looks like Smith was photographed on the steps of the New York Capitol, in Albany.
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