Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Historic Print
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a8/a88e022dc59f-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 historic photograph of Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29
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Hoover's retreat on the Rapidan River in Virginia is the setting here, and the record dates the view to August 17, 1929, a few months into Herbert Hoover's first year as president. Hoover used the camp, a rustic group of cabins in the Blue Ridge foothills, as a place to rest and receive visitors away from Washington, and it was a sharp contrast to the formal White House. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio whose glass negatives record daily life and public events in the capital region during the period. The negative has the streaks and blemishes typical of aging glass plates.
| 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 | 5,594 × 4,372 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247000 |
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