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Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C. – Historic Reproduction

Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C., [ca. 1900] — historic photograph
Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C., [ca. 1900]. 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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Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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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Corcoran House, at NE corner of Conn. and H, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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The photograph shows the Corcoran House at the northeast corner of Connecticut Avenue and H Street in Northwest Washington, the residence of the banker and philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888). Corcoran, who made his fortune in banking, is remembered mainly for founding the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the first art museum in the capital. The picture was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer known for her detailed records of American buildings and daily life around 1900, so it captures the architecture of a prominent Washington household at the turn of the century.

Created / published[ca. 1900]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 1129. Caption card tracings: Architecture; B.F.; Corcoran, W.W., 1789-1888; Geogr.; Washington, D.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,246 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136765

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