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[Marsden J. Perry home, Providence, Rhode Island. Interior scene, detail of piano, crystal chandelier, mirror, and door] – Vintage Print

[Marsden J. Perry home, Providence, Rhode Island. Interior scene, detail of piano, crystal chandelier, mirror, and door], [between 1900 and 1950] — historic photograph
[Marsden J. Perry home, Providence, Rhode Island. Interior scene, detail of piano, crystal chandelier, mirror, and door], [between 1900 and 1950]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Marsden J. Perry home, Providence, Rhode Island. Interior scene, detail of piano, crystal chandelier, mirror, and door] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Marsden J. Perry home, Providence, Rhode Island. Interior scene, detail of piano, crystal chandelier, mirror, and door]

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The picture focuses on the details of a Providence interior rather than the room as a whole: a piano, a crystal chandelier, a mirror, and a doorway. It belongs to the home of Marsden J. Perry (1850-1935), a Rhode Island businessman active in the state's utility and transit industries during its industrial peak. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer known for documenting domestic and architectural interiors, made the image as part of a larger series. Its layered reflections and carefully arranged objects show how wealthy households of the period presented themselves.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1950.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection. No. 363.
SubjectsPerry, Marsen Jasiel,--1850-1935--Homes & haunts--Rhode Island--Providence. Dwellings--Rhode Island--Providence--1900-1950. Interiors--Rhode Island--Providence--1900-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,308 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181770

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