Hoover receiving gavel, 4/26/29 – Historic Print
![Hoover receiving gavel, 4/26/29, [19]29 April 26. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c2/c28c782b6e07-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hoover receiving gavel, 4/26/29. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hoover receiving gavel, 4/26/29
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Herbert Hoover took office as president in March 1929, and this glass negative captures him receiving a gavel on April 26 of that year, an early public moment of his administration. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented officials, events and daily life in the capital, made the exposure, and the record notes that the title came from information the studio wrote on the negative or its sleeve, so the caption is not independently verified. Glass plates of this kind were the standard working medium for press and studio photographers of the period, and the image shows the formal ceremonial exchanges that filled the early months of a new presidency.
| Created / published | [19]29 April 26. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,601 × 4,399 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246929 |
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