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[Washington, D.C. building exterior - Anderson House, Old Soldiers' Home] – Antique Photo Print

[Washington, D.C. building exterior - Anderson House, Old Soldiers' Home], [ca. 1895] — historic photograph
[Washington, D.C. building exterior - Anderson House, Old Soldiers' Home], [ca. 1895]. 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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A cyanotype of the Anderson House at the Old Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., made around 1895, shows a building that sat on the grounds of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in the northwest part of the city. The Soldiers' Home, founded in 1851, housed veterans, and Anderson Cottage on its grounds became known as President Abraham Lincoln's summer retreat during the Civil War. The cyanotype process, which produces the distinctive blue-and-white print, was a cheap and durable method popular in the 1890s. The print comes from the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[ca. 1895]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1900.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: ; Washington, D.C. - Hospitals...; Architecture Coll. (5); Washington, D.C. -- Buildings, Non-govt.; Shelf. Date from notation on item.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,243 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-135816

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