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[Willard Hotel lobby] – Historic Reproduction

[Willard Hotel lobby], [between1901 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Willard Hotel lobby], [between1901 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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The title comes from the words "The New Willard" written on the photograph itself, which points to the rebuilt Willard Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., near the White House. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer known for her careful records of American buildings and interiors, made the picture as part of a larger body of work. Its cyanotype process, an early blueprint-style method that yields a distinctive blue image, was less common by the 1900s than gelatin silver printing, which makes it stand out in the collection. Viewers can look for the furnishings and layout of the hotel's public spaces, which show how fashionable Washington hotels presented themselves at the time.

Created / published[between1901 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Written on photograph: The New Willard. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWillard Hotel (Washington, D.C.)--Facilities--1900-1910. Hotels--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. Rooms & spaces--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,149 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157272

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