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The Blue Room, White House – Vintage Wall Art

The Blue Room, White House, c1904. — historic photograph
The Blue Room, White House, c1904.. 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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This rare historic photograph captures The Blue Room, White House in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Blue Room is the oval reception room on the State Floor of the White House, and this view around 1904 shows it as it looked just after the early twentieth-century restoration of the mansion. The room's curved walls and formal furnishings reflect the Empire style chosen in the early nineteenth century, when the room was used for receptions and official gatherings. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued many photographs of American landmarks and scenic views in this period, made the image. Its interiors of public buildings are useful records of how these rooms were arranged before later renovations.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. No. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Interiors--Misc.--1904; Wash. (D.C)--White House; Geogr.; Shelf (2).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150382

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