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The wealth of the Indies

This mariner, equipped for his voyage with ivory cigarette holder, weathered lifeboat, and rose, is Otto Kahn, the banker whose patronage helped Hart Crane write The Bridge.

George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014715109/, undated. Post-processed for contrast and detail.

 

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