Stairs to cellar, east end, south wing – Historic Print
![Stairs to cellar, east end, south wing, [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/44/441760daff5f-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Stairs to cellar, east end, south wing in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Stairs to cellar, east end, south wing
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A stone-and-timber staircase descends into a cellar at the east end of a south wing, its treads worn and its lower steps falling into shadow. The caption card dates the picture to somewhere between about 1852 and 1860, a period when photographers still relied on long exposures, so the image shows little movement and sharp detail. The record does not name the building, so its purpose and history cannot be confirmed. Still, utilitarian passages like this one, often overlooked in favor of façades and interiors, offer a useful view of how working buildings were arranged in the mid-nineteenth century.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1852 and ca. 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160586 |
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