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White House bedroom – Vintage Wall Art

White House bedroom, c1893, printed later. — historic photograph
White House bedroom, c1893, printed later.. 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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A window into the past: White House bedroom, 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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Private rooms of the executive mansion were seldom recorded by camera in the 1890s, which makes this bedroom view unusual. It comes from interior studies by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a leading Washington photographer of the period. Dated about 1893 but printed later from its negative, it shows the late Victorian furnishings and textiles that filled family living quarters, and its date places it near the start of Grover Cleveland's second term.

Created / publishedc1893, printed later.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesForms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1890-1900. Bedrooms--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. Interiors--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900. Furnishings--Washington (D.C.)--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,319 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203306

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