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Shall I or Shall I Not? White House conservatory Washington D.C. – Antique Wall Art

Shall I or Shall I Not? White House conservatory Washington D.C., 1900 — historic photograph
Shall I or Shall I Not? White House conservatory Washington D.C., 1900. 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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This historic photograph of Shall I or Shall I Not? White House conservatory Washington D.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few places in Washington were more closely tied to daily life at the executive mansion than its greenhouse, and this stereograph card shows the conservatory itself, with its plants and flowers arranged for the camera. The title, "Shall I or Shall I Not?," is a playful phrase that a photographer or publisher might have chosen to suggest a question for the viewer. Stereograph cards like this one were sold in the late 1800s and early 1900s and viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene a sense of depth. The card was registered for copyright by C.L. Wasson in 1900, one of the many small publishers who supplied American households with views of well-known sites.

Created / published1900
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesD71961 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by C.L. Wasson. No. 285-c. · Wasson C. L. (Charles L.) copyright claimant.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington D.C.)--1900. Greenhouses--Washington (D.C.)--1900. Flowers--(Washington (D.C.)--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Stereograph Cards
Original scan4,096 × 3,212 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-192287

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