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[Baldwin piano being unpacked from crate and moved into the White House(?), 1921(?)] – Vintage Print

[Baldwin piano being unpacked from crate and moved into the White House(?), 1921(?)], [ca. 1921] — historic photograph
[Baldwin piano being unpacked from crate and moved into the White House(?), 1921(?)], [ca. 1921]. 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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[Baldwin piano being unpacked from crate and moved into the White House(?), 1921(?)] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Baldwin piano being unpacked from crate and moved into the White House(?), 1921(?)]

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A Baldwin piano being pried from its crate and carried toward the doors of the White House anchors this scene, which the record dates only to about 1921. The picture came from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio that recorded the city's buildings, streets and events in the early twentieth century. Baldwin, a Cincinnati firm founded in 1862, was among the best-known American piano makers of its day. The photograph shows the ordinary labor behind furnishing a working household, with movers and a crate in the foreground.

Created / published[ca. 1921]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesPhotograph by National Photo Co.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Baldwin Piano & Organ Co.--Products--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Pianos--1920-1930. Moving & storage trade--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,146 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162287

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