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[Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst's home, Pleasanton, Cal.: dining room with table setting for four] – Historic Print

[Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst's home, Pleasanton, Cal.: dining room with table setting for four], [192-] — historic photograph
[Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst's home, Pleasanton, Cal.: dining room with table setting for four], [192-]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst's home, Pleasanton, Cal.: dining room with table setting for four] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the philanthropist and mother of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, owned this country estate in Pleasanton, California, and this view of its dining room shows a table laid for four with the formality expected in a well-run household of the period. The picture belongs to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, whose photographers recorded the interiors and grounds of American homes for architectural and decorative study. Dating to the 1920s, the image is valuable for its record of table settings, furnishings and domestic style among wealthy families of the early twentieth century.

Created / published[192-]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Interiors; Geogr.; B.I.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130746

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