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White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart – Vintage Wall Art

White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart, [between 1889 and 1893] — historic photograph
White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart, [between 1889 and 1893]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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White House--Major Russell Harrison and Harrison children--Baby McKee and sister on goat cart

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Two young children sit in a goat cart on the grounds of the White House, a scene that shows the domestic side of the Benjamin Harrison presidency. The children belong to Major Russell Harrison, the president's son, whose family lived in the executive mansion during the administration of 1889 to 1893. The goat cart was a favorite amusement for the president's grandchildren, and the animal that pulled it drew attention from visitors and reporters of the day. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a pioneering woman photographer working in Washington, made the picture, and her portraits from this period offer a relaxed look at life inside the mansion.

Created / published[between 1889 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1880-1900.Group portraits 1880-1900.Photographic prints 1880-1900.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 587.
SubjectsHarrison, Russell B. (Russell Benjamin),--1854-1936--Family. White House (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1900. Fathers & children--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1900. Goat carts--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,266 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194251

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