President Taft's horse - "Surette" – 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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President Taft's horse - "Surette" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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President Taft's horse - "Surette"
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What sets this picture apart is its caption, which names the horse as Surette and places it with President William Howard Taft, who took office in March 1909, the year the glass negative was made. That name comes from caption data the Bain News Service recorded, and it has not been independently verified, so it is best read as the agency's label. George Grantham Bain's New York company supplied newspapers with news photographs in the early twentieth century, and its negatives now form a large part of the Library of Congress holdings. Images like this one document the daily life around the new administration in its first year.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 948 × 718 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4457 |
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