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White House, State Dining Room – Vintage Print

White House, State Dining Room, 1890 — historic photograph
White House, State Dining Room, 1890. 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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The State Dining Room is the room this view turns toward, a space that has hosted state dinners and formal receptions for generations. The Library of Congress credits the photograph to Frances Benjamin Johnston, a Washington photographer known for her interior views of the White House and its furnishings, at a time when interior photography was still new. The record gives 1890 as the date, but that comes from an old caption card and has not been verified, so the year should be read with caution. Even so, the picture is a useful glimpse of how the room was furnished and arranged in the late nineteenth century.

Created / published1890
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhoto by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Interiors--Dining rooms; Wash., D.C.--White House; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Dining Rooms; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,198 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-141203

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