White House business office – Antique Print
(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 business office, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A caption card tracing a messenger occupation and a shelf suggests this was a working room in the White House around 1906, not a formal reception space. After the Roosevelt administration reorganized the building in 1902, much of the presidency's day-to-day business moved into offices like this one, a step toward the modern West Wing. The photograph is credited to Waldon Fawcett, but the record's details are unverified, so the room's exact use is best read from the image itself.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by Waldon Fawcett. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Occupations--Messenger; DC, Wash.--White Hse.--MISC.; Offices; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,252 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129851 |
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