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[East parlor, White House] – Antique Print

[East parlor, White House], c1903. — historic photograph
[East parlor, White House], c1903.. 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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[East parlor, White House] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The East Room's neighbor, the East Parlor, is the focus of this view, a smaller formal room on the White House's east side that was used for receiving guests and small gatherings. The photograph dates to about 1903, a period when the executive mansion was being reshaped after the 1902 renovation that restored its interiors and moved the presidential offices into a new building. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a large body of news photographs and prints made by Bain's agency in the early 1900s, so it records how the room looked to the public at that moment. Its formal furniture and arrangement offer a useful glimpse of Washington's official décor in the Roosevelt years.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH26109 U.S. Copyright Office. George Grantham Bain Collection. No. 2.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910. Interiors--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,234 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181392

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