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On the way to the White House, inauguration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Vintage Wall Art

On the way to the White House, inauguration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Littleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889. — historic photograph
On the way to the White House, inauguration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Littleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889.. Historic photograph from the White House 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 On the way to the White House, inauguration, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Rather than the White House itself, this stereograph turns the camera toward the road leading to it, a route that filled with spectators during presidential inaugurations in Washington. Kilburn Brothers of Littleton, New Hampshire, sold cards like this in the late 1880s, and its two nearly identical halves were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused them into a single three-dimensional scene. The card is dated around 1889, the year Benjamin Harrison took office, so it offers a glimpse of street life in the capital during a moment of national ceremony. Look closely at the street scene to see how ordinary city bustle surrounded an event of national importance.

Created / publishedLittleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStreets Washington (D.C.) 1880-1890.Stereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890.
Notes14079 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5062. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn.
SubjectsCity & town life--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890. Inaugurations--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,309 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-200301

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