Hoover breaking ground for model house, 4/23/23 – Antique Print
![Hoover breaking ground for model house, 4/23/23, [19]23 April 23. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/54/540399e0519a-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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A window into the past: Hoover breaking ground for model house, 4/23/23, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoover breaking ground for model house, 4/23/23
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Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, is pictured breaking ground for a model house, an event the National Photo Company recorded on a glass negative dated April 23, 1923, though that date comes from unverified studio data. In the early 1920s Hoover promoted home ownership and better residential construction through the Commerce Department, so a demonstration house fit his wider goals. Herbert A. French gave the negative to the Library of Congress in 1947. Its streaks and blemishes come from deterioration in the original coating, not from the scene itself.
| Created / published | [19]23 April 23. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title and date 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 two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,335 × 4,352 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-237628 |
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