Hoover presses button to start machinery in new Bldg. Detroit News, 12/6/29 – Vintage Wall Art
![Hoover presses button to start machinery in new Bldg. Detroit News, 12/6/29, [19]29 December 6. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d74aacaf61b3-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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This historic photograph of Hoover presses button to start machinery in new Bldg. Detroit News, 12/6/29 brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 presses button to start machinery in new Bldg. Detroit News, 12/6/29
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Herbert Hoover is shown reaching for a button that will set machinery running in a newly built facility, a ceremonial gesture of the kind presidents performed at openings and dedications. The caption, taken from the National Photo Company's negative sleeve, dates the moment to December 6, 1929, when Hoover was in the first year of his presidency and the country was weeks away from the stock market crash that would dominate the decade. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented officials and public events, left behind this glass plate, and the thin streaks and blemishes visible on it are signs of the coating's natural wear over time.
| Created / published | [19]29 December 6. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4,075 × 5,012 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247442 |
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