Hoover Inauguration, 1929 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Hoover Inauguration, 1929, preserved in this historic photograph. 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, in a ceremony on the east front of the U.S. Capitol, and this glass negative from the National Photo Company captures that moment on the day of his inauguration. The studio was a busy Washington operation that documented government life and public events through the 1910s and 1920s, so the plate offers a working record of how such occasions were recorded. Glass negatives like this one were prized for their sharp detail, though they are fragile, and the streaks and blemishes visible on the surface come from the gradual breakdown of the original coating over time. Its catalog entry notes that the title comes from data supplied by the studio and has not been independently verified.
| 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 × 4,412 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246317 |
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