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The office lobby in the White House – Historic Reproduction

The office lobby in the White House, [between 1889 and 1906] — historic photograph
The office lobby in the White House, [between 1889 and 1906]. 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 The office lobby in the White House. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The office lobby in the White House

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The White House office lobby shown here dates from the years between 1889 and 1906, a stretch when the executive mansion was still working largely within its original 1800 building and was beginning to feel the strain of a growing federal workforce. Entrance halls like this one were where visitors, petitioners and staff gathered while waiting for an audience with the president or his secretaries. The photographer's view captures the people who filled these spaces during the Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William McKinley administrations, a useful glimpse of daily life inside the building before the major 1902 renovation reshaped its offices.

Created / published[between 1889 and 1906]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1910.
NotesNo. 81343.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--People--1880-1910. Entrance halls--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,146 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162183

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