Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29 – Vintage Wall Art
![Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29, [19]29 August 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e6/e6e0dbc176c2-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hoover camp on the Rapidan, 8/17/29
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The Rapidan Camp was the summer retreat that Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, used in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, set along the Rapidan River. This glass negative, dated August 17, 1929, shows the camp only a few months into Hoover's presidency, when he went there to escape Washington's heat and to rest. The image comes from the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work made by a Washington commercial studio that recorded government figures and events in the early twentieth century. The glass plate has the streaks and surface blemishes that come with age, so the details are softer than a modern print would be.
| Created / published | [19]29 August 17. |
|---|---|
| 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 | 5,614 × 4,352 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-247002 |
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