Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Antique Print
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a1/a182b676db0b-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 camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29
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The Rapidan Camp, the fishing retreat in the Blue Ridge foothills of Virginia, is the setting here, and this August 1929 glass negative records it in the first months of Herbert Hoover's presidency. Hoover had inherited the camp from the Coolidge administration and used it for rest, fishing and informal work away from Washington. The image comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a body of commercial photography that documented politicians and public life in the early twentieth century. The title was supplied by the company itself and has not been independently verified, and the glass plate shows the streaks and blemishes typical of aging emulsion.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 17. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,621 × 4,392 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246996 |
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