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[Northwest facade of the White House] / Bell & Brother, Photographers. – Vintage Wall Art

[Northwest facade of the White House] / Bell & Brother, Photographers., [between 1862 and 1868] — historic photograph
[Northwest facade of the White House] / Bell & Brother, Photographers., [between 1862 and 1868]. 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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A rare feature of this view is the photographer's coating and developing box, which sits at the left edge of the frame. Most architectural pictures of the period leave the working tools out, so its presence shows the camera crew at work on the grounds. The picture dates to the years between 1862 and 1868, when the Civil War was being fought and Washington was crowded with soldiers, officials, and visitors. Cartes de visite like this one were small, inexpensive mounted prints, sold and collected in large numbers, which helped spread images of the President's house far beyond the capital.

Created / published[between 1862 and 1868]
Medium1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen.
GenreCartes de visite 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. Photographer's coating and developing box visible at left of photograph. Gift; Dennis A. Waters; 2005; (DLC/PP-2005:039).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--Buildings--1860-1870. Photographic apparatus & supplies
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,389 × 2,109 px · prints to 11 × 7 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif09381_NorthwestfacadeoftheWhiteHouse

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