White House--The Conservatory – Historic Print
(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: White House--The Conservatory, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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White House--The Conservatory
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Few visitors would expect a glasshouse at the executive mansion, but this stereograph shows the White House conservatory, a set of glass-roofed plant houses where gardeners grew flowers and plants for the residence. Published by T.W. Ingersoll of St. Paul, Minnesota, around 1897, the card was made for a stereoscope, which fused its two nearly identical photographs into one image with apparent depth. Such cards were a popular way for Americans far from Washington to see the capital's landmarks at home. The grounds changed considerably in the early 1900s, so this view records an arrangement that no longer exists.
| Created / published | St. Paul, Minn. : T.W. Ingersoll, c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 45867 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T.W. Ingersoll. No. 129. |
| Subjects | White House (Washington, D.C.)--1890-1900. Greenhouses--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,238 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-192283 |
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