1908. JF Burke, in profile, is unknown to me, as much as I tried to find a reference to him online. Judging from his tailored suit and chauffeured touring car, he was a man of means. My guess is he was a Pittsburgh industrialist or politician showing Longworth around town. Nicholas Longworth, far right, was a US Congressman from Ohio, Minority Leader of the House, and a well liked Speaker of the US House of Representatives. The Longworth House Office Building, current meeting place of the House Ways and Means Committee, is his namesake.

A couple of notes on this image: Like the previous post this file was created from a print, not a glass plate negative as were most of the other images in this exhibit. If you view my print at Shaw Galleries you will see the difference in image quality. There is a lack of detail contrast and edge definition, and the paper surface is part of the image. Because of the paper presence in the image I think this might have been a platinum print.

Also this image is very likely wrong reading (mirrored–flopped horizontally). I say that because the text was scribed into the emulsion of the glass plate. If the plate were printed correctly (emulsion to the paper) the text would be wrong reading. Lastly, you can see evidence of the glass plate in the upper and lower right corners where the glass has been chipped.

This image will be a print in the coming exhibit of historic images of Pittsburgh. The images are from several sources, this one from the Library of Congress. The photographer is unknown but the print is from the Detroit Publishing Company Collection. File metadata credits the Bain News Agency, so who knows. All prints are contemporary archival pigment prints on 100% cotton rag paper.

Arrangements for the receptions are being handled by Sasha Williams. I am curating, processing the files, and making the exhibition prints. Matting, framing, and the venue for the exhibit is Shaw Galleries    http://www.shawgalleries.com     805 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh. The show will be up from Tuesday, April 1, through Friday, April 25, 2014. The opening reception is Friday, April 4, and the closing reception is Friday April 25 during the Pittsburgh Gallery Crawl. I hope to see you there!