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[Vendor and cart near the White House during the egg rolling] – Vintage Print

[Vendor and cart near the White House during the egg rolling], [1898] — historic photograph
[Vendor and cart near the White House during the egg rolling], [1898]. 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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A street vendor and his cart stand near the White House during the Easter egg rolling in 1898, a detail that places the commercial life of the crowds alongside the holiday itself. The children's egg roll on the White House grounds had become a Washington custom by the late 1870s, drawing families who spilled out onto the surrounding streets. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer who recorded everyday life in the capital, made the picture, and it offers a glimpse of the sidewalk trade that grew up around the event.

Created / published[1898]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1890-1900. White House Easter Egg Roll. Easter--1890-1900. Street vendors--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan5,186 × 4,202 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165201

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