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[Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland and wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet posed in Frances B. Johnston's studio, 1332 V. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

[Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland and wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet posed in Frances B. Johnston's studio, 1332 V. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.], c1897 January 4. — historic photograph
[Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland and wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet posed in Frances B. Johnston's studio, 1332 V. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.], c1897 January 4.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland and wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet posed in Frances B. Johnston's studio, 1332 V. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Mrs. Frances F. Cleveland and wives of members of Cleveland Cabinet posed in Frances B. Johnston's studio, 1332 V. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.]

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Frances Cleveland sat for this group portrait alongside the wives of her husband's cabinet members, made in Frances Benjamin Johnston's Washington studio at 1332 V Street NW in early January 1897. The sitting came only weeks before Grover Cleveland's second term ended on March 4, closing a White House household that had drawn wide public interest. Johnston, one of the capital's best-known women photographers, specialized in polished society and official portraits, so the picture shows how the administration's inner circle chose to present itself at the end of the 1890s.

Created / publishedc1897 January 4.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Women -- Portraits -- 1897; Pres. I. (Wives); BI; Women; Ph. Ind.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 982 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150131

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