Secty. Houston – Vintage Print
![Secty. Houston, [19]20 January 31. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/27/27ed55c7192e-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Secty. Houston. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Secty. Houston
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Although this picture sits on a board of Houston views, its subject is David Franklin Houston, a cabinet officer whose surname matches the Texas city. The caption says President Wilson moved him from the Department of Agriculture, where he had served since 1913, to the Treasury, and that he was photographed at his desk there on the day of the announcement. That placed him in charge of federal finances in the last year of Wilson's administration. The desk portrait is a typical record of a cabinet appointment, made for the press when officials changed posts.
| Created / published | [19]20 January 31. |
|---|---|
| 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 negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Caption from caption list: Secty. Houston who has been transferred by Pres Wilson from the Dept. of Agriculture to the Secty of the treasury. Photographed at his desk in the Department today. 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 one. |
| Subjects | Houston, David Franklin,--1866-1940. Cabinet officers. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,104 × 4,148 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-230397 |
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