Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur, & Adams with wives, New Year Reception – Antique Print
![Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur, & Adams with wives, New Year Reception, [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b6/b6dfac3e538a-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 Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur, & Adams with wives, New Year Reception in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sectys. Lamont, Wilbur, & Adams with wives, New Year Reception
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Three members of Herbert Hoover's cabinet appear here with their wives: Robert P. Lamont at Commerce, Ray Lyman Wilbur at the Interior, and Charles Francis Adams III at the Navy. Cabinet officers and their spouses were expected at formal New Year receptions in this period, so the picture records a routine but public piece of official social life. The glass negative, made by the National Photo Company, shows the streaks and blemishes that come with aging emulsion, though the figures remain clear. The collection's negatives date from 1909 to 1932, and the men pictured served together from 1929.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1932] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Date span reflects dates range of negatives in collection. 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 | 5,253 × 4,221 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247653 |
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