Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Vintage Print
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/853b015da33c-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, 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, 8/17/29
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Hoover's retreat on the Rapidan River in Virginia is the subject here, a camp the president used as a place to rest away from Washington. The date on the record, August 17, 1929, falls in the first summer of his presidency, when the camp was still a fairly new feature of his routine. The image comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that documented government officials, buildings and events in the early twentieth century. Because it survives as a glass negative, the picture is also a reminder of the fragile, hand-coated plates that photographers used before roll film became standard.
| 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 | 5,621 × 4,359 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247006 |
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