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Washington's room at Mt. Vernon – Historic Reproduction

Washington's room at Mt. Vernon, c[between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
Washington's room at Mt. Vernon, c[between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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 Washington's room at Mt. Vernon in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Washington's room at Mt. Vernon

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Washington's bedroom at Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate he called home, is the subject here, shown as it looked in the years before the 1920s. Washington died in this house in December 1799, and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association began restoring the estate in 1858, which helped turn its rooms into a national shrine. The Detroit Publishing Company, which sold views of American landmarks to tourists and collectors, made the image on an 8 by 10 inch glass negative, a format it used for large, detailed scenes. The picture is a useful record of how a historic interior was presented to visitors in the early twentieth century.

Created / publishedc[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 072824. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsWashington, George,--1732-1799--Homes & haunts. Estates. Dwellings. Bedrooms.United States--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73800

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