Helen Taft, on horse – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Helen Taft, on horse, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Helen Taft, on horse
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Helen Taft, daughter of William Howard Taft, is the rider in this glass negative, which sets it apart from the other horse studies on the board. The record gives the date as April 7, 1909, about five weeks after her father took office as president in March of that year. The negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose news service supplied photographs of public figures and events to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The title comes from unverified caption information, so the identification is worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | 4/7/09. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 712 × 951 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4860 |
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