Taft, Halvor, Steenserson, on train – Vintage Print
(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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Taft, Halvor, Steenserson, on train
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Taft and Halvor Steenerson, a Minnesota congressman whose name the caption spells "Steenserson," appear together aboard a train in this 1908 glass negative. That year Taft was the Republican nominee for president, and campaigning by rail was the standard way for candidates to reach voters across a country that depended on trains for long-distance travel. The negative came from the Bain News Service, a New York press agency whose caption data was not always checked, so the names are worth confirming against other sources.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 3,000 × 2,176 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3429 |
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