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Telegraph Room, White House, 8/1/23 – Vintage Wall Art

Telegraph Room, White House, 8/1/23, [19]23 August 1. — historic photograph
Telegraph Room, White House, 8/1/23, [19]23 August 1.. 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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Telegraph Room, White House, 8/1/23 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The telegraph room was where messages moved in and out of the White House by wire, and this glass negative, dated August 1, 1923, shows it in the final days of Warren G. Harding's presidency. Harding died in San Francisco on August 2 while returning from a trip to Alaska. The National Photo Company, a Washington firm that documented the capital and its officials, made pictures like this one. Look for the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which come from natural deterioration of the original coating.

Created / published[19]23 August 1.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch five.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,202 × 4,508 px · prints to 21 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-253810

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