Hoover, Opening game, 1929, 4/17/29 – Historic Reproduction
(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, Opening game, 1929, 4/17/29 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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Hoover, Opening game, 1929, 4/17/29
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Hoover is the figure named in this 1929 glass negative, which was made at an opening game on April 17, a few weeks after he took office as the 31st president. Presidents had long attended Washington's opening-day baseball, a custom that began when William Howard Taft threw out the first ball in 1910. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the capital's public life, made the image. The plate shows streaks and blemishes from the natural deterioration of its original coating, which are worth noticing when judging its age and condition.
| Created / published | 1929 April 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by 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 | 4,292 × 5,252 px · prints to 14 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246672 |
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