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Dining room, U.S. Grant Building, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C. – Historic Photo Reproduction

Dining room, U.S. Grant Building, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., [between 1890 and 1920(?)] — historic photograph
Dining room, U.S. Grant Building, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., [between 1890 and 1920(?)]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 Dining room, U.S. Grant Building, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dining room, U.S. Grant Building, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

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The dining room in the U.S. Grant Building shows a space built for the daily meals of veterans at the Soldiers' Home in northwest Washington, a federal residence for aging and disabled former soldiers. The building was named for Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general who later served as president, and it reflects the home's role in caring for men who had served in the nation's wars. The record dates the photograph only roughly, to between 1890 and 1920, so the room's furnishings and arrangement are best read as a general picture of institutional dining in that period. The home's grounds, which also held the cottage where President Abraham Lincoln spent summers during the Civil War, give the setting added weight.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1920(?)]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1920.
SubjectsUnited States Soldiers' Home--1890-1920. Dining rooms--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178765

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