Hoover & Kappa Phi, 8/29/29 – Antique Wall Art
![Hoover & Kappa Phi, 8/29/29, [19]29 August 29. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/3947a83a2b5a-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
This rare historic photograph captures Hoover & Kappa Phi, 8/29/29 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hoover & Kappa Phi, 8/29/29
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Hoover is pictured with members of Kappa Phi on August 29, 1929, a date that falls during his first year as president. Kappa Phi is a Methodist society for college women, and the record does not describe the occasion, so the setting is best understood from the photograph itself. The negative came from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded officials and public events in the capital during the 1920s and 1930s. Its glass base shows streaks and blemishes from the slow breakdown of the original coating, a common condition in plates of this age, so some of the softness in the image reflects its physical history.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 29. |
|---|---|
| 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 negative or negative sleeve. 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 four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,607 × 4,612 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247304 |
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