Birthplace of M. Van Buren – Antique Print
(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 print of Birthplace of M. Van Buren. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Birthplace of M. Van Buren
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The caption names this view as the birthplace of "M. Van Buren," most likely Martin Van Buren, the eighth president, who was born in 1782 in Kinderhook, New York, a Hudson River village with a strong Dutch-speaking community. He was the first president born after the Declaration of Independence, and he rose from village lawyer to the White House through New York state politics and the Albany political organization known as the Albany Regency. The print comes from a 1902 popular history of the United States, and its caption card is unverified, so the building shown is identified by the caption rather than by documentation.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | In: Popular History of U.S., 1902. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,003 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-107303 |
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