Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1989.001.019 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Miller, Frederick J. |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a man - Alvin H. Hansen - seated at a desk or table, He is leaning slightly forward with his forearms on the table and fingers keeping the page of the open book in front of him. There is another book as well. He is wearing a gray-toned jacket with a light-colored shirt and a dark tie. The man is balding and wears glasses. He is looking to the viewer right and the background appears to be a chalkboard. The photo has a white border. On the back, "Alvin H. Hansen" is typed at the top and the words "Harvard University News Office / Cambridge, Mass. / Neg. No. F2547 Date taken: 1956" are at the bottom. |
Print Size |
4.875 x 6.875 |
Creation Date |
1956 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Massachusetts/Middlesex County/Cambridge/Harvard University |
Associated People |
Hansen, Alvin Harvey Hansen, Alvin H. |
Search Terms |
Cambridge, Massachusetts Middlesex County Harvard University economy economist economics professor books Harvard University News Office Hansen, Alvin Harvey Hansen, Alvin H. |
Date Received by Museum |
1989 |
Provenance |
Shown here is American economist Alvin Harvey Hansen. He was born on August 23, 1887 to Danish immigrants Niels and Marie Bergitta (Nielsen) Hansen in Viborg, South Dakota. He studied at Yankton and the University of Wisconsin. He taught at Brown, the University of Minnesota, and then joined Harvard's faculty in 1937. His focus was Keynesian economics and he was heavily involved in the United States government's research and economic policies. Hansen retired in 1962 and died June 6, 1975. |
Images |
309\1989001019-4.JPG |
Accession number |
1989.001 |