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White House kitchen – Antique Wall Art

White House kitchen, c1901. — historic photograph
White House kitchen, c1901.. 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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White House kitchen comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The White House kitchen was an unglamorous but essential working space, and this c1901 view records the back-of-house life that kept the executive residence running during the McKinley and Roosevelt years. The photograph is one of a series of interior views made by the Washington photographer C.M. Bell, whose studio was known for documenting the city's public buildings and institutions. Around 1901 the White House was undergoing change: the 1902 renovation, prompted by Theodore Roosevelt's desire for more office and family space, would later reorganize much of the building. Kitchens of this era relied on coal-fired ranges and large hand-prepared batches of food, so the room offers a useful glimpse of domestic labor before modern appliances became standard.

Created / publishedc1901.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by C.M. Bell. No. 1.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1900-1910. Kitchens--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,098 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161371

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