Hoover Inauguration, 1929 – Antique 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Hoover Inauguration, 1929 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoover Inauguration, 1929
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Hoover took the oath of office on March 4, 1929, and this glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection records that day's ceremony in Washington. The record's title comes from notes the company wrote on the negative or its sleeve, which the Library of Congress has not independently verified, so the exact scene is best read as the inauguration itself. Glass plates like this one were the standard way press photographers captured events in the late 1920s, and the surface streaks and blemishes visible on many of them come from the slow chemical breakdown of their original coatings.
| Created / published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,608 × 4,406 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246321 |
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