Hoover fishing – Antique Print
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(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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Step back in time with Hoover fishing, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hoover fishing
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Few pictures in this set show Herbert Hoover away from official business, which makes this glass negative of him fishing stand out. The record gives 1929 as a bracketed estimate, and the title comes from notes written by the National Photo Company, so the exact occasion is uncertain. That year was Hoover's first as president, and he was known as an avid outdoorsman who valued time away from Washington. The National Photo Company was a Washington agency that documented public figures and everyday scenes, so its glass negatives offer a window into how the government and its leaders were pictured. Some streaking and blemishes from the aging coating are visible.
| Created / published | [1929] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. 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 | 5,282 × 4,257 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-246473 |
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