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Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. – Historic Reproduction

Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C., ca. 1890. — historic photograph
Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C., ca. 1890.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Blue Room, the oval reception room on the State Floor of the White House, is the setting here, and its formal arrangement shows how the space was furnished in the late 1800s. The photograph was taken around 1890 by Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer who was among the first to document the interiors of the executive mansion. Her images are valued today because they record rooms that were later altered during the 1902 renovation, when the White House was substantially rebuilt and redecorated. Look closely at the chandelier and the furnishings, which give a sense of the period's taste for ornate, carefully arranged display.

Created / publishedca. 1890.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1880-1900.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 81302.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1900. Rooms & spaces--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1900. Chandeliers--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-196562

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