Hoover & Alexander – Historic Print
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(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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Step back in time with Hoover & Alexander, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover & Alexander
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The title pairs Herbert Hoover with a man named Alexander, but the record does not identify Alexander, and the title itself comes from unverified notes on the negative sleeves. The date of about 1921 places the sitting in the year Hoover became Secretary of Commerce under President Warren G. Harding, a post he held until 1928. The National Photo Company, which worked in Washington, D.C., from about 1906 to 1932, recorded many officials of that era on glass negatives like this one. The streaks and blemishes on the glass come from natural deterioration of the original coating.
| Created / published | [1921] |
|---|---|
| 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 negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. 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 one. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,364 × 4,374 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-232922 |
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