A cabinet meeting at the White House- Pres. Hayes, John Sherman [Secy. of the Treasury], R.W. Thompson [Secy. of the Navy], Charles Devens [Atty. Gen.], William Evarts [Secy. of State], Carl Schurz [Secy. of Interior], George McCrary [Secy. of War] and David Key [Postmaster Gen.] – Historic Reproduction
![A cabinet meeting at the White House- Pres. Hayes, John Sherman [Secy. of the Treasury], R.W. Thompson [Secy. of the Navy], Charles Devens [Atty. Gen.], William Evarts [Secy. of State], Carl Schurz [Secy. of Interior], George McCrary [Secy. of War] and David Key [Postmaster Gen.], 1879 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/66/66230438e2bc-L.webp)
(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: A cabinet meeting at the White House- Pres. Hayes, John Sherman [Secy. of the Treasury], R.W. Thompson [Secy. of the Navy], Charles Devens [Atty. Gen.], William Evarts [Secy. of State], Carl Schurz [Secy. of Interior], George McCrary [Secy. of War] and David Key [Postmaster Gen.], preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A cabinet meeting at the White House- Pres. Hayes, John Sherman [Secy. of the Treasury], R.W. Thompson [Secy. of the Navy], Charles Devens [Atty. Gen.], William Evarts [Secy. of State], Carl Schurz [Secy. of Interior], George McCrary [Secy. of War] and David Key [Postmaster Gen.]
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This engraving records a specific gathering: a cabinet meeting at the White House in 1879, with President Rutherford B. Hayes and seven officials, including John Sherman at the Treasury, William Evarts at State, and Carl Schurz at the Interior. It reproduces a photograph by the Pach studio, which Harper's Weekly printed as a wood engraving in its 1879 volume, since newspapers and magazines of the time could not yet reproduce photographs directly on the page. The names come from a caption card that the record itself describes as unverified, so they reflect the publication's identification rather than a confirmed roster.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Microfilm copy of wood engr. of photo by Pach. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, vol. 23, 1879, p. 269. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,131 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-136206 |
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