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An original 8x10" vintage photo from a series of PBS vintage press releases. This is an original photo from a PBS station - not a reproduction. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.
Photo Overview
A sharp 8x10 inch glossy press photograph features University of Chicago economist and Newsweek columnist Milton Friedman in close-up profile as he prepares his on-camera analysis of the philosophy of Conservatism for an upcoming episode of NET Journal, the flagship public-affairs series of National Educational Television (precursor to PBS). The black-and-white image, circa 1968, was issued for the program’s press kit and retains the original printed caption along the lower margin.
Friedman would go on to win the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and become one of the most influential advocates of free-market policy in the 20th century; appearances like this helped bring his ideas to a wider public just as NET was evolving into today’s PBS. Original press photos of major economists are scarce—add this historic portrait to your collection before someone else snaps it up.
Print analysis: Glossy fiber-based paper, contemporaneous caption strip, and paste-on slug remnant indicate an original Type 1 press photo produced by NET’s publicity department circa 1968 for immediate media distribution. No later dot patterns or modern photo paper observed.
Condition: Good to fair vintage condition. Some of the photos in this collection have curling, or edge imperfections. Please see photos for scans of the surface.
