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[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk] – Vintage Print

[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk], c1909. — historic photograph
[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk], c1909.. 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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[D.C. Wash. - White House Offices: Mr. Fred Carpenter seated at desk] 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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Little is recorded about the man at this desk beyond the name Mr. Fred Carpenter, but the setting is what makes the picture worth a look. It shows one of the White House offices around 1909, a few years after the 1902 expansion moved the executive staff into a new wing separate from the family living quarters. The photograph carries a Clinedinst copyright line, a reference to the Washington studio whose portraits and views of government figures and buildings circulated widely in that period. The date comes from an old caption card and has not been verified.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto copyrighted by Clinedinst. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,199 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123062

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