Herbert Hoover auto – Vintage Photo Print
![Herbert Hoover auto, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/609c9d2df6e6-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.)
Description
Herbert Hoover auto comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Herbert Hoover auto
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The title on this glass negative names Herbert Hoover alongside an automobile, but that title is unverified, so the car and the occasion remain uncertain. Hoover was prominent in 1916 and 1917, leading wartime relief work for Belgium and then food conservation efforts in Washington. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded public figures and city life, produced negatives like this one in large numbers. The streaks and blemishes on the plate come from natural deterioration of its original coatings, a common condition in glass negatives of this age.
| Created / published | [between 1916 and 1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 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 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,517 × 5,127 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262116 |
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