White House. Ex. ofc. Interior – Vintage Print
![White House. Ex. ofc. Interior, [between 1918 and 1921] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0c485ec2a9ad-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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This rare historic photograph captures White House. Ex. ofc. Interior in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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White House. Ex. ofc. Interior
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Rather than the building's familiar exterior, this glass negative shows an interior its title labels "Ex. ofc.," most likely the Executive Office, where the president's staff handled correspondence and daily business in the years just after World War I. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented federal buildings and city life in the early twentieth century, made it on a 5 by 7 inch glass plate, a format that recorded fine detail. The Library of Congress dates it only to a range between 1918 and 1921, and it notes streaks and blemishes from deterioration of the original coating, which may affect how the image looks.
| Created / published | [between 1918 and 1921] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the 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 five. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,949 × 4,266 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-249999 |
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