[White House kitchen] – Vintage Wall Art
![[White House kitchen], [between ca. 1891 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1d/1d2cdb4a7b25-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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures [White House kitchen] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[White House kitchen]
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Images of the White House's working spaces are far less common than its formal rooms, and this one takes the viewer below the state apartments into the kitchen. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer who documented the executive mansion in the early 1890s, made the picture, and its record notes African American workers among the subjects, a reminder that the household depended on staff who rarely appear in official accounts. The image dates to roughly 1891 to 1893, when the kitchen was a large, busy operation feeding the presidential family and guests. Look closely at the stoves, pans and work surfaces for a sense of the equipment used to run a household of that era.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1891 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. |
| Subjects | White House (Washington, D.C.)--Buildings--1890-1900. Kitchens--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. African Americans--Employment--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,277 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-182028 |
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