Hoover & Delta Sigma Nu, 8/8/29 – Historic Print
![Hoover & Delta Sigma Nu, 8/8/29, [19]29 August 8. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8d/8d164f46914f-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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This rare historic photograph captures Hoover & Delta Sigma Nu, 8/8/29 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoover & Delta Sigma Nu, 8/8/29
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A meeting between President Herbert Hoover and members of the Delta Sigma Nu fraternity is the subject here, dated August 8, 1929, several months into Hoover's term in the White House. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that photographed officials, visitors and public events in the early twentieth century, made the original, a glass negative that came to the Library of Congress as a 1947 gift. Glass plates like this were common then but fragile, and the streaks and blemishes visible in the image come from natural deterioration of the original coatings. The record gives only the group's name for the occasion, so the plate itself is the main source for what the moment looked like.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 8. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,648 × 4,565 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247302 |
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