Hoover Inauguration, 1929 – 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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A window into the past: Hoover Inauguration, 1929, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover Inauguration, 1929
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Herbert Hoover took the oath of office on March 4, 1929, and this glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection captures the moment as a working record of the event. The record names the subject only as the Hoover inauguration of 1929, and its notes flag streaks and blemishes from the deterioration of the original coatings, so the image is best read as a document of the occasion rather than a polished view. Commercial studios like the National Photo Company, based in Washington, documented official ceremonies and sold the pictures to newspapers and the public. The glass plate format of this period offers fine detail, and its surface damage is part of what the plate reveals about its age.
| Created / published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,641 × 4,405 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246319 |
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