Hoover receiving Buddy Poppy, [4/24/29] – Vintage Print
![Hoover receiving Buddy Poppy, [4/24/29], [1929 April 24] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/57/57217a0d0957-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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This historic photograph of Hoover receiving Buddy Poppy, [4/24/29] brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hoover receiving Buddy Poppy, [4/24/29]
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In this scene, President Herbert Hoover receives a Buddy Poppy, the small red paper flower that veterans' groups sold each spring to support disabled former servicemen. The moment came in April 1929, about seven weeks after Hoover took office, and the poppy's link to the postwar veterans' cause made such exchanges a regular feature of Washington life. The National Photo Company, a commercial studio that recorded the capital from the 1910s through the 1930s, made the glass negative. Streaking from the aging of its coating is visible across the plate.
| Created / published | [1929 April 24] |
|---|---|
| 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. Date from related neg. 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 | 4,426 × 5,634 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246921 |
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