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[State Dining Room in the White House, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Wall Art

[State Dining Room in the White House, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[State Dining Room in the White House, Washington, D.C.], [between 1910 and 1920]. 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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Step back in time with [State Dining Room in the White House, Washington, D.C.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The State Dining Room sits on the ground floor of the White House's public wing, and this 1910s view captures it at a time when it was still a formal room for official dinners and receptions rather than the more ceremonial space it later became in renovations. The Library of Congress holds the image as a photographic print from the decade, one of a body of pictures documenting the executive residence before the major structural overhaul of the 1950s. Those photographs are useful to historians because they show how the residence was furnished and arranged in the Progressive Era, when presidents from Taft to Wilson hosted state functions there. Look at the room's lighting, furniture and table setting to get a sense of the formal entertaining of the period.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.) Official residences--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920. Dining rooms--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,211 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-168337

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