President Taft at Allegheny Country Club, Pennsylvania, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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 image of President Taft at Allegheny Country Club, Pennsylvania, 1909. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: President Taft group at Allegheny Country Club
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President Taft at Allegheny Country Club, Pennsylvania, 1909
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In 1909, Pittsburgh was the center of American steel, with mills, rail yards, and coal barges crowding the rivers and turning the sky dark with smoke. Allegheny City had been annexed into Pittsburgh only two years earlier, in 1907, so the city was still absorbing neighborhoods and suburbs along its riverbanks. President William Howard Taft, in his first year in office after his March inauguration, visited the region that year, and an event at the Allegheny Country Club drew local business and civic leaders who wanted to be seen with him. For the men gathered on the club's grounds, the visit was a sign that Pittsburgh's industrial wealth had earned it a place on the national political stage.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | r.w. johnston studios |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,560 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | President Taft group at Allegheny Country Club |
| Reference | PA President Taft at Allegheny Country Club 1909 |
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