Wm. Howard Taft – Historic Photograph Print
![Wm. Howard Taft, [between 1921 and 1924] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/12/122fb1fb80f5-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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Wm. Howard Taft comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Wm. Howard Taft
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Few presidents went on to a career as prominent as William Howard Taft's, which began with his term as the 27th president from 1909 to 1913 and continued when he became Chief Justice of the United States in 1921. This glass negative from the National Photo Company likely dates from the early 1920s, during his years on the Supreme Court. The studio recorded officials and public figures in Washington, and the streaks and blemishes on the plate come from deterioration of its original coating rather than from the portrait itself.
| Created / published | [between 1921 and 1924] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,444 × 6,096 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-251627 |
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