Hoover & spelling bee winners, 5/3/29 – Vintage Wall Art
![Hoover & spelling bee winners, 5/3/29, [19]29 May 3. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/be/beb4ac1deb01-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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Hoover & spelling bee winners, 5/3/29 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Hoover & spelling bee winners, 5/3/29
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Here Herbert Hoover appears with a group of spelling bee winners, a reminder that presidents of this era often greeted young achievers in public settings. Hoover had taken office only weeks earlier, in March 1929, so this May encounter comes early in his term. The picture was made by the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented officials and visitors across the period. It survives as a glass negative, and the streaks and blemishes visible on it come from natural deterioration of the original coatings.
| Created / published | [19]29 May 3. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,534 × 4,372 px · prints to 18 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246907 |
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