A black and white photograph of Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson. A 3/4 bust length view, he is in uniform wearing a hat. He has white hair and a white beard. Backed with cardboard and black paper in an oval wood frame, painted gold and under glass.
portraits
photographs
cardboard
glass (material)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
marines (visual works)
portraits
Glass
Unidentified Photograph
Unidentified Paper
Cardboard
Painted
Portrait
Man
Nautical
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PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Written on the cardboard is: Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson, Portsmouth, Middle St.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Adm. Mortimer L. Johnson
Unknown
7.625 x 5.625 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1558
New Hampshire (United States)
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