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[The new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. - view from balcony] – Historic Print

[The new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. - view from balcony], [between 1890 and 1950] — historic photograph
[The new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. - view from balcony], [between 1890 and 1950]. 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: [The new Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. - view from balcony], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Taken from a balcony, this view records the New Willard Hotel, the Pennsylvania Avenue landmark a short walk from the White House. The newer building opened in 1901 on the site of the earlier Willard, and it became a favorite gathering place for politicians, diplomats and visitors. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer known for documenting the city's buildings and interiors, made the picture. The cyanotype process gives the print its distinctive blue tone, a technique more often used for architectural copies and records.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1890-1950.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geog.; Hotels; Interiors.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,180 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157270

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