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White House kitchen – Historic Reproduction

White House kitchen, c1904. — historic photograph
White House kitchen, c1904.. 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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Step back in time with White House kitchen, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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White House kitchen

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The White House kitchen, pictured here around 1904, was the working heart of the executive mansion during the Theodore Roosevelt years, when the family and their staff fed a household that often included visiting dignitaries and large official dinners. The photograph was made by Waldon Fawcett, a Washington-based photographer and writer whose pictures of the capital's official buildings were widely circulated in the early 1900s. Kitchens rarely appear in such views, so the image offers a glimpse of the practical side of presidential life, with its ranges, cooking equipment and workspaces that kept the building running behind the public rooms.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by Waldon Fawcett.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910. Kitchens--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162995

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