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Home of Herbert Hoover, 2300 S, [Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

Home of Herbert Hoover, 2300 S, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921] — historic photograph
Home of Herbert Hoover, 2300 S, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1920 and 1921]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Home of Herbert Hoover, 2300 S, [Washington, D.C.]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Home of Herbert Hoover, 2300 S, [Washington, D.C.]

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Herbert Hoover's house at 2300 S Street stands out among the city views for its link to a future president. Hoover, a mining engineer who had led wartime food relief and the U.S. Food Administration, became Secretary of Commerce in 1921 and lived in this part of Washington during his years in that post. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, which recorded the capital's buildings and streets on glass negatives in the early twentieth century. Streaks and blemishes on the negative come from the coatings deteriorating over time, and they are worth noticing as part of the image's physical history.

Created / published[between 1920 and 1921]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 6 in.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,456 × 6,958 px · prints to 18 × 23 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-259249

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