Mansion and grounds, Mount Vernon, Va. – Historic 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: Mansion and grounds, Mount Vernon, Va., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mansion and grounds, Mount Vernon, Va.
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This is the left section of a three-part panoramic view of the mansion and grounds at Mount Vernon, George Washington's Potomac River estate, recorded on a large glass negative around 1901. The full scene was assembled from separate plates, and the center section is not part of the surviving set, so this view shows only one side of the estate. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association had opened the property to the public since 1858, and by the turn of the century it drew many visitors eager to see Washington's home. The Detroit Publishing Company made many views like this one, and its mammoth-plate panoramas of historic sites were prized for their wide, detailed coverage.
| Created / published | c1901. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 3 negatives : glass ; 18 x 22 in. |
| Genre | Mammoth plates.Panoramic photographs.Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Negatives form left and right sections of a three-part panorama, the right section of which has two variant images, (A and B); center section not in collection. Sky masked and glass painted on right negative (B). Detroit Publishing Co. panorama no. 010280. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Washington, George,--1732-1799--Homes & haunts. Estates. Dwellings.United States--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-80120 |
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