Hoover camp on Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Historic Reproduction
![Hoover camp on Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/10/10fa20edeaef-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Hoover camp on Rapidan, 8/17/29 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hoover camp on Rapidan, 8/17/29
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Rapidan Camp, the Blue Ridge retreat in Virginia that Herbert Hoover used during his presidency, is the setting here, photographed on August 17, 1929, only months after he took office. Hoover valued the remote camp on the Rapidan River for its fishing, quiet, and room to work away from Washington. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington firm that recorded government figures and public life in the early twentieth century, and its glass negatives remain a valuable record of the period. Look for the streaks and blemishes on the glass, which come from age in the original coating.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,614 × 4,359 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246995 |
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