Hoover presses a button to start machinery in Detroit News, 12/6/29 – Vintage Print
![Hoover presses a button to start machinery in Detroit News, 12/6/29, [19]29 December 6. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7c/7c322162ba10-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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A window into the past: Hoover presses a button to start machinery in Detroit News, 12/6/29, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoover presses a button to start machinery in Detroit News, 12/6/29
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Herbert Hoover is shown reaching to press a button that will set machinery running, a gesture meant to stand for the start of work at a plant or site. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that photographed officials, events and everyday scenes during the early twentieth century, and this glass negative is dated December 6, 1929, a few months after Hoover took office and just weeks before the stock market crash that would dominate his presidency. Photographs of ceremonial starts like this one were a staple of the period, because they showed a leader connected to industry and progress. The glass plate has the streaks and surface marks typical of aging coatings, which are visible in the printed record.
| Created / published | [19]29 December 6. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,075 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247443 |
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