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[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, facing slightly left, at his desk in War Dept"]" – Historic Reproduction

[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, facing slightly left, at his desk in War Dept"]", c1908. — historic photograph
[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, facing slightly left, at his desk in War Dept"]", c1908.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, facing slightly left, at his desk in War Dept"]"

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Seated at his desk and turned slightly to the left, William Howard Taft appears in this half-length view taken inside the War Department. Taft led that department from 1904 to 1908 under Theodore Roosevelt, and he won the presidency later that year, so the setting places him near the end of his tenure there. The stereo card was copyrighted by the H.C. White Co., and the caption notes are unverified, so the date and the Secretary of War attribution should be read as approximate. Stereo views like this were popular in parlors of the period, offering a three-dimensional look at public officials before routine news photography was common.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. As Secretary of War (?).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,378 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125570

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