Workers in the White House gardens still cling to the old custom of going to work by the ringing of a huge bell – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Workers in the White House gardens still cling to the old custom of going to work by the ringing of a huge bell, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Workers in the White House gardens still cling to the old custom of going to work by the ringing of a huge bell
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Few photographs from the early 1920s show a working bell as the centerpiece, yet this 1922 National Photo Company view of the White House grounds does exactly that. The caption explains that gardeners and grounds crews still followed an older routine, starting and stopping their day at the ringing of a large bell that rang four times daily. The bell had been brought in during construction of the State, War and Navy Building next door, and it had stayed on as a practical reminder of earlier government work. Taken in September 1922, the picture records a small, everyday custom at one of the country's most famous addresses.
| Created / published | 1922 Sept. 12. |
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| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Caption continues: The bell rings four times a day announcing the hour for beginning and quitting work. It is a relic of many years government service having been used originally during the construction of the State War and Navy Bldg. In album: Washington, D.C., 16 August 1922 to 30 September 1922, v. 8, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 26, no. 20415. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | White House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Bells--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,269 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207492 |
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