jpmorgan

I would like to add these to something. quite a record.

This building is at 23 Wall Street, NYC. This is the side facing Broad Street.

ifeasdaddy: Thank you for the information about the building. According to this New York Times article (May 1, 1913) the demolition started on April 30, 1913 and was supposed to continue for forty days: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9906E 0DA1F3AE633A... We will update the information and reload the description.

Founder of the JP Morgan financial company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pierpont_Morgan

Caption appears to be, " J. P. Morgan in London 20 years ago"

A somewhat similar photo of Morgan, at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b40359 , has a copyright registration date of 1902. I'm not certain, but I think the photo here is probably earlier. The "20 years ago" could well be relative to his death in 1913.

I agree swang that the pic shown here looks like it is earlier. That 1902 pic shows his hair a bit sparser, and a bit whiter. Although with Morgan's known aversion to having his photographic portrait made due to the problem with his schnozzola, it's quite possible either or both have been retouched in the nose area. Possibly other areas too.

Thanks! We'll adjust the title to reflect what it says on the negative and reload the description to Flickr.

Happy New Year !

Definitely some "Heavy Hitters" here, men who shaped the world at that time, including President Castro.....of Venezuela!

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