Feature Points ? HISTORIC PHOTO REPRODUCTION: You'll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1941 Dashiell Hammett Photo Print. Our museum quality prints are archival grade, which means it will look great and last without fading for over 100 years. Our print to order photos are made in the USA and each print is inspected for quality. This historic photo is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage photos look great in the home, study or office. They make a perfect gift as well. ? MUSEUM QUALITY: This high quality photo print will be a great addition to your vintage-themed wall. Don't waste money on cheap-looking, thin paper photos. We use high-end printing equipment with professional quality photo paper and ink. Our professional's choice semi-gloss paper displays images beautifully. ? A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1940 Samuel Dashiell Hammett Creator of The Thin Man Photo Print. A true piece of history. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic photo and its significance. ? READY TO FRAME: This unframed print includes a 0.2 inch border for a perfect frame fit and look. Our photos are designed to fit easy-to-find standard frame sizes, saving you money from having to pay for a custom frame. Each photo is inspected for quality and shipped in a rigid envelope/tube. The Historic Prints logo watermark will not appear in the printed photo. ? HISTORIX: We love history and art. Sometimes old photos have tears, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance photos while keeping its historical character. All our photos are proudly made in the USA. Looking for a specific photo size? Please contact us. Customers all over the world love our vintage photos and we know you will too. Additional Information One of the twentieth century's most revered and celebrated mystery novelists, Dashiell Hammett, is portrayed here at the height of his career, which would see many of his works adapted into some of the most popular and influential noir films of the nineteen fifties, a genre that would inform American and European cinema for the following decades with their distinctive stylized aesthetic and hard-boiled tales of detectives uncovering deceitful tales that often centered around femme fatale characters and their attempts to lure the protagonist into increasingly dangerous storylines. Hammett's The Thin Man and The Maltese Falcon have become two of the most important adaptations of his works in film and remain some of the most recognized noir works of the era. Hammett was born in 1894, and his experience working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency is considered to have left a considerable influence on his works, as well as his experience with the firm during his service in World War I. A period where he was dispatched to Butte, Montana,, to bust a strike which left the young Hammett disillusioned with the company and their role in defending non-labor rights and contributing to the further degradation of workers following the passage of anti-labor legislation in the years following the industrial revolution. This portrait bears a distinctive style and unique aesthetic that capture Hammett's spirit and immediately transports the viewer back in time creating an indelible bond between the past and present while celebrating the author's iconic legacy.