Hoover Inauguration, 1929 – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Hoover Inauguration, 1929 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover Inauguration, 1929
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Herbert Hoover took the oath of office on March 4, 1929, and this glass negative from the National Photo Company Collection captures the moment as the press of the day recorded it. The record calls the title unverified, so the scene is best read as a Hoover inauguration rather than a precisely identified occasion. Glass plates like this one were the standard working medium for newspaper and commercial photographers of the period, and the streaks and blemishes visible on the surface come from age, not from the photographer. Hoover's inauguration drew large crowds to the Capitol, and images from it show how public ceremony was documented before the wide spread of small-format film.
| Created / published | 1929 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,567 × 4,352 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246339 |
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