Hoover camp on the Rapidan, guest tents, 8/17/29 – Historic Print
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, guest tents, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60a3381f4e8d-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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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, guest tents, 8/17/29 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, guest tents, 8/17/29
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Few presidential retreats were as rustic as the camp Herbert Hoover set up on the Rapidan River in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia, and this view shows its guest tents on August 17, 1929, a few months into his presidency. The National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio, made the glass negative, and its work documented the capital and its officials during the 1920s. Hoover used the camp for weekends of fishing and quiet work away from the city, and the simple tent arrangement shows how plainly it was built. Streaks and surface marks on the glass come from the natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 17. |
|---|---|
| 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. 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 | 5,607 × 4,393 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247004 |
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