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Robert M. La Follette, 1st radio cam. speech, [9/1/24] – Antique Photo Print

Robert M. La Follette, 1st radio cam. speech, [9/1/24], [1924 September 1] — historic photograph
Robert M. La Follette, 1st radio cam. speech, [9/1/24], [1924 September 1]. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(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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Step back in time with Robert M. La Follette, 1st radio cam. speech, [9/1/24], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Robert M. La Follette, 1st radio cam. speech, [9/1/24]

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Robert M. La Follette is shown at a radio microphone during a campaign speech, a setting that was still new to American politics in 1924. La Follette, the Wisconsin senator, was running for president that year as the Progressive Party candidate, and the 1924 campaign was among the first in which radio carried a candidate's voice into homes across the country. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., studio that documented public figures and events of the era, made the image. The date comes from a related negative in the collection, and the glass shows streaks from natural deterioration of its original coating.

Created / published[1924 September 1]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. 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 six.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan4,423 × 6,075 px · prints to 15 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-255490

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