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Taft and Roosevelt, driving carriage to Capitol, Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

Taft and Roosevelt, driving carriage to Capitol, Washington, D.C., 3/4/09. — historic photograph
Taft and Roosevelt, driving carriage to Capitol, Washington, D.C., 3/4/09.. Historic photograph from the Presidents collection.

(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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Step back in time with Taft and Roosevelt, driving carriage to Capitol, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Taft and Roosevelt, driving carriage to Capitol, Washington, D.C.

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Roosevelt and his successor, William Howard Taft, are shown riding together in a carriage on their way to the Capitol, the ride that traditionally linked an outgoing president to the inauguration of the next one. The date on the record, March 4, 1909, matches Taft's inauguration day, though the title comes from caption data the Bain News Service recorded and has not been independently verified. Bain's agency supplied news photographs to newspapers in the early twentieth century, and this glass negative reflects that working press world. The scene is worth a close look for the formal, public nature of a peaceful transfer of power in Washington.

Created / published3/4/09.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms 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.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,829 × 4,266 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-4406

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