Taft boards MAYFLOWER – 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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Taft boards MAYFLOWER
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This glass negative shows William Howard Taft boarding the *Mayflower*, the presidential yacht that carried chief executives on trips along the Potomac and up the coast. The record gives no date, but the caption points to Taft's presidency from 1909 to 1913, when the *Mayflower* was a regular symbol of the office. Bain News Service, the wire photo agency whose founder George Grantham Bain built this collection, sent such pictures to newspapers for quick publication, so the frame was made to be read at a glance. The unverified title and the missing date make the exact occasion uncertain, but the scene captures a routine ceremonial moment of official travel.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,716 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-12125 |
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