Secretary Taft at Harvard-Yale crew race, New London, Conn. – Antique Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Secretary Taft at Harvard-Yale crew race, New London, Conn.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Secretary Taft at Harvard-Yale crew race, New London, Conn.
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Secretary of War William Howard Taft is the figure this photograph is built around, pictured at the Harvard-Yale crew race on the Thames River at New London, Connecticut. The regatta had been held there each summer since 1852, drawing crowds of students, alumni and spectators to the riverbanks. Taft, a Yale graduate, had recently been named the Republican nominee for president, which made his appearance at the race a newsworthy one. The photograph comes from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that sold news pictures to newspapers across the country.
| Created / published | 6/25/08. |
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| 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 | 5,885 × 4,304 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3210 |
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