Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23 – Antique Wall Art
![Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23, [19]23 June 9. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e327e57442e6-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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A window into the past: Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hoover laying cornerstone, Congressional Club, 6/9/23
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Herbert Hoover is shown laying the cornerstone of the Congressional Club in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1923, a few months after he had taken office as Secretary of Commerce under President Warren G. Harding. The club was a social institution for members of Congress and their families, so the ceremony marked a building meant to serve the legislative community rather than a government office. The picture comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that documented officials, buildings and public events in the early twentieth century. Its glass negative is worth a look for the streaks and blemishes that come from age in the original coating.
| Created / published | [19]23 June 9. |
|---|---|
| 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 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 two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,234 × 4,186 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-238265 |
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