Invited guests on way to Roosevelt House, on foot and in carriage – Vintage Print
(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 Invited guests on way to Roosevelt House, on foot and in carriage. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Invited guests on way to Roosevelt House, on foot and in carriage
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The record describes guests making their way on foot and by carriage toward Roosevelt House in September 1908, which shows a formal gathering in motion rather than a posed portrait. The picture is a glass negative from the Bain News Service, the New York photo agency whose collection the Library of Congress holds, and its title comes from agency data that has not been independently verified. Theodore Roosevelt was in the final months of his presidency that year, so the scene reflects how social calls and official invitations were made in the period. Early news photographs like this one often recorded everyday street life alongside the people who were prominent.
| Created / published | Sept. 1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3550 |
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