Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Antique Print
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ba/ba99ddd465c9-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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Step back in time with Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, 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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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29
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Hoover's camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia is the subject here, a retreat the president reached through the Blue Ridge hills rather than the White House grounds. This August 17, 1929 negative comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a commercial studio whose work covers much of Washington's public life in the early twentieth century. The Rapidan camp, known to the Hoovers as a place for rest and work away from the capital, was set up in the Virginia woods during his first summer in office. The glass plate itself shows the streaks and blemishes that come with age in the original coatings, which is part of what makes it a useful record of both the place and the medium.
| 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 | 5,574 × 4,346 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247007 |
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