I do not believe that the average person wants a ‘map’ of his face - I believe he wants to be idealized. -Louis Fabian Bachrach [But I, II or III?]

If this stern looking fellow had any taller of a collar he would need to stretch his neck out to fit. Notice how the knot of the tie is under the collar, and only shows through a narrow slit, while the rest of the tie hangs down under his vest, and is restricted with a small pin.

This is Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, born 6 Oct 1862 in Ohio, died 27 April 1927 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His biography mentions his political career (he was a Republican in the U.S. Senate 1899-1911) and his historical writing (he won a Pulitzer for his four volume biography: The Life of John Marshall.) But what did he do for the first 30 years of his life? The 1880 census shows that at 17 he was assistant to the local Post Master in Sullivan IL.

The photograph, with its dramatic lighting so characteristic of formal portraits of the era, was taken by Louis Fabian Bachrach (1881-1963), probably just a few days before it was published 17 Jan 1922. Louis was the son of David and Fannie Bachrach. His father, David J Bachrach, was a German-born photographer in Baltimore Maryland. Louis seems first to have taken up lithography, as that is his occupation in the 1900 census, before turning to his father’s occupation of photography by 1910 when he was living in Worcester Massachusetts with his wife Dorothy. They had several children, including a son Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr, who must have also been a photographer, because his son — Louis Fabian Bachrach III — notes that he is a 4th generation photographer.