Meredith & Houston – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A handover at the Department of Agriculture is the subject here: outgoing Secretary David F. Houston stands with his successor, Edwin T. Meredith, on February 2, 1920. Houston had led the department since 1913 under President Wilson and was soon to move to the Treasury, while Meredith, a Des Moines newspaper and farm-magazine publisher, took over the department's top post. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented officials and events in the capital, made the glass negative. Its pairing of two cabinet men at the moment of transition gives the image its value as a record of a change in leadership.
| Created / published | 1920 Feb. 2. |
|---|---|
| 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 negatives or negative sleeves. Date from caption list. Caption from caption list: Secty. Houston and the New Secty. of Agriculture Edwin T Meredith photographed at the Agricultural Dept. today. 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 one. |
| Subjects | Houston, David Franklin,--1866-1940. Cabinet officers. United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,400 × 5,428 px · prints to 15 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-230421 |
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