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Anderson Cottage, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Print

Anderson Cottage, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., [between 1880 and 1920] — historic print
Anderson Cottage, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., [between 1880 and 1920]. Historic print 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 window into the past: Anderson Cottage, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Anderson Cottage, U.S. Soldiers' Home, Washington, D.C.

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Anderson Cottage, a Gothic Revival house on the grounds of the U.S. Soldiers' Home, is best known as the summer residence where Abraham Lincoln stayed in 1862 and 1863, commuting from there into the White House. Lincoln is said to have drafted parts of the Emancipation Proclamation while living on the grounds. This photogravure, a fine-line process that reproduced photographs with rich tones, dates from between 1880 and 1920, when the Soldiers' Home was a busy residential community for veterans. The cannons that often appear in views of the grounds were displayed as reminders of the Civil War service of the men who lived there.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1920]
Medium1 photomechanical print : photogravure.
GenrePhotogravures 1880-1920.
SubjectsUnited States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home--Buildings--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1920. Soldiers' homes--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1920. Cannons--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,028 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161385

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