W.H. Taft – Historic Reproduction
(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 W.H. Taft. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This glass negative is a portrait of William Howard Taft, made by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with pictures of public figures in the early twentieth century. Taft served as the 27th president from 1909 to 1913 and later became Chief Justice of the United States in 1921, the only person to hold both offices. The record gives no date for the exposure, and the identification comes from caption data that has not been independently verified, so the occasion remains uncertain. Glass negatives like this one were prized for the fine detail they could hold when printed for newspapers.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,834 × 3,334 px · prints to 16 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24401 |
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