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President's room, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.] – Vintage Wall Art

President's room, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph
President's room, Capitol, [Washington, D.C.], [between 1916 and 1917]. 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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President's room, Capitol, [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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Tucked just off the Senate chamber inside the Capitol, the President's Room was a retreat where lawmakers and presidents could meet away from the public, and it was a traditional place for signing bills as sessions neared their close. This view is a glass negative from the National Photo Company, a firm that documented Washington landmarks for visitors in the years before the First World War. The record dates it only to between 1916 and 1917, so the exact day it was taken remains uncertain, but the ornate interior would have shown tourists the richly decorated spaces of the building.

Created / published[between 1916 and 1917]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan5,195 × 6,495 px · prints to 17 × 22 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-262095

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