Football team of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, at W.H. [i.e. White House, Washingt – Vintage Wall Art
![Football team of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, at W.H. [i.e. White House, Washingt, [19]24 November 29. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3e/3efbddafa9bd-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.)
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Football team of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, at W.H. [i.e. White House, Washingt comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Football team of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, at W.H. [i.e. White House, Washingt
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A football squad from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, posed at the White House on November 29, 1924, a visit that places this team in the capital during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge. Visiting athletes and student groups were a regular part of Washington life in that decade, and the White House grounds made a natural backdrop for such group portraits. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded the city's public life from the early 1900s into the 1930s. Its glass negative shows the streaks and blemishes typical of aging emulsion, which add to its character as a document of the period.
| Created / published | [19]24 November 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 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 six. |
| Subjects | United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,091 × 4,391 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255816 |
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