Taft on his train, Chicago – Historic Print
(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: Taft on his train, Chicago, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Taft on his train, Chicago
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Taken in Chicago in 1908, this view shows William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War, during the year he won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in that city. Taft's campaign relied heavily on the railroad, as candidates of the period traveled by train and spoke at stops along the way. The picture comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency whose glass negatives document much of the press photography of the early twentieth century. Glass plates like this one were the standard medium for newspaper photographers of the time.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 3,000 × 2,206 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3445 |
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