Pres. Roosevelt's lawn party on the White House grounds – Historic Print
(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: Pres. Roosevelt's lawn party on the White House grounds, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pres. Roosevelt's lawn party on the White House grounds
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Few of the White House's outdoor gatherings were recorded as stereographs, which makes this c1905 view of a lawn party on the grounds unusual. Stereo cards like this one, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, were sold by the thousands to households that viewed them through hand-held stereoscopes, so the scene reached people far from Washington as a kind of three-dimensional visit. Theodore Roosevelt was in his first full term during these years, and the White House lawns hosted receptions, family gatherings and garden parties that drew guests from official and social circles. The record's details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, so the exact occasion and the names of those pictured remain uncertain.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-106296 |
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