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Shaking hands with the President, March 5th, 1889, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Shaking hands with the President, March 5th, 1889, Washington, D.C., Littleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889. — historic photograph
Shaking hands with the President, March 5th, 1889, Washington, D.C., Littleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 Shaking hands with the President, March 5th, 1889, Washington, D.C., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Its title pins the scene to a single day, March 5, 1889, the day after Benjamin Harrison took the oath as the 23rd president. Callers were received at the White House during the early days of a new administration, and the line of people waiting to shake the president's hand shows how the building was open to ordinary citizens. The card was made by Kilburn Brothers of Littleton, New Hampshire, a firm that sold stereographs of cities and public events to a national audience. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two nearly identical images merged into a single three-dimensional scene.

Created / publishedLittleton, N.H. : Photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, c1889.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890.
Notes14070 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5050.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1890. City & town life--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203573

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