Taft in carriage leaving Boston – Historic 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 historic photograph of Taft in carriage leaving Boston brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Taft in carriage leaving Boston
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A carriage carrying William Howard Taft as he leaves Boston is the detail that sets this glass negative apart from the other pictures on the board. The record dates it to September 1909, a few months into Taft's presidency, when visiting dignitaries were often photographed moving through city streets on their way to public engagements. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made by a New York news photo service that supplied pictures to newspapers. The title is taken from the agency's own caption data and has not been independently verified, so the exact occasion of the departure is best read as provisional.
| Created / published | 9/15/09. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,742 × 4,198 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5493 |
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