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Preparing grand interior of Pension office for Taft Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C. – Antique Print

Preparing grand interior of Pension office for Taft Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C., March, 1909. — historic photograph
Preparing grand interior of Pension office for Taft Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C., March, 1909.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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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Workers are shown readying the great hall of the Pension Office for the inaugural ball held there in March 1909, a celebration of William Howard Taft's incoming presidency. The Pension Building, completed in the 1880s, was known for its enormous central hall with tall columns, and it became a favored venue for large public events in the capital. The negative comes from the Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency whose pictures of Washington life were widely sold to newspapers. The title is taken from the agency's own caption data, which has not been independently verified.

Created / publishedMarch, 1909.
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 scan5,823 × 4,254 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-4438

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