Helen Taft unveils Steuben Statue – Antique Wall Art
(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 Helen Taft unveils Steuben Statue. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Helen Taft unveils Steuben Statue
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Helen Herron Taft, wife of President William Howard Taft, is shown unveiling the statue of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, the Prussian-born officer who drilled the Continental Army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777 to 1778. Ceremonies like this one, where a first lady or other prominent woman drew the cover from a monument, were a common feature of early twentieth-century public life in Washington. The picture comes from a glass negative made by the Bain News Service, a New York photo agency whose pictures of officials, events and everyday city scenes give a close view of that era.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,767 × 4,229 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10123 |
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