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[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - staircase detail] – Antique Wall Art

[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - staircase detail], [ca. 1907] — historic photograph
[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - staircase detail], [ca. 1907]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 window into the past: [Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - staircase detail], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - staircase detail]

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Staircase details seldom get a picture of their own, but this view of the John R. McLean house at 1500 I Street NW focuses on the woodwork inside the residence. McLean, who owned the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer, was one of the wealthy men building grand homes in the capital around 1900. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a prominent photographer of the period, made the image around 1907 as part of her documentation of Washington architecture and interiors. Look closely at the balusters, the newel post, and the curve of the railing, which show how elite households used skilled craftsmanship to signal status.

Created / published[ca. 1907]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Architecture -- Details; ; Washington, D.C. -- Houses; Mantels; BI -- Residences; Stairways; Interiors; Geogr.; McLean, John Roll, 1848-1916; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137505

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