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White House employees – Antique Wall Art

White House employees, [between ca. 1884 and 1910] — historic photograph
White House employees, [between ca. 1884 and 1910]. 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 White House employees in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The subject here is the people who kept the executive mansion running rather than the building or the president, a focus that is less common in photographs of the White House from this era. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer who documented the city's institutions and public life, made the image sometime between the mid-1880s and 1910. Its record does not name the individuals pictured, but staff of this kind, including clerks, messengers, and household workers, kept the house functioning through successive administrations. Their presence in the frame offers a glimpse of the daily work behind the building's public image.

Created / published[between ca. 1884 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1910.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--People--1880-1910. Office workers--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1910. Offices--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,184 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162658

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