Mrs. W.G. AcAdoo, Speaking for Victory Loan – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mrs. W.G. AcAdoo, Speaking for Victory Loan. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mrs. W.G. AcAdoo, Speaking for Victory Loan
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This glass negative shows Mrs. W.G. McAdoo speaking in support of a Victory Loan, the Treasury's war-bond campaign. The record spells the surname "AcAdoo," which appears to be a transcription error for McAdoo, and it gives no date. Her husband, William Gibbs McAdoo, was Secretary of the Treasury during the First World War, and his wife, Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, was the daughter of President Woodrow Wilson and took an active public role in the government's bond drives. The photograph comes from the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose wire photos documented wartime events, so it offers a glimpse of how bond rallies drew on prominent public figures.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,735 × 4,141 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-29860 |
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