Hoover & Davis, 5/3/21 – Vintage Wall Art
![Hoover & Davis, 5/3/21, [19]21 May 3. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d018a37f919-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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hoover & Davis, 5/3/21. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover & Davis, 5/3/21
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Dated May 3, 1921, this glass negative from the National Photo Company pairs Herbert Hoover with a man named Davis, according to the title written on the plate or its sleeve. Hoover had taken up his post as Secretary of Commerce that spring under President Harding, and the company's Washington studio made many portraits and news pictures of officials of that era. The plate's streaks and blemishes come from the natural breakdown of its original coatings, which is worth noticing when you compare its surface with the crisp detail beneath.
| Created / published | [19]21 May 3. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives |
| Notes | Title and date from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,388 × 4,362 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-233412 |
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