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The Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art

The Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C., c1906. — historic photograph
The Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Washington DC 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 historic photograph of The Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The Red Room is one of the formal parlors on the State floor of the White House, named for its crimson silk wall covering and furnishings. This stereograph, published around 1906 by W.S. Smith of the Standard Scenic Company as card No. 1516, shows the room as visitors of the period would have seen it, with its upholstered chairs, draped windows and carefully arranged decorative pieces. Stereo cards like this were sold in sets and viewed through a double-lens viewer to give a sense of depth, so interior views of famous rooms such as this one were a popular way to tour the presidential residence from home. The record's caption notes are unverified, so the exact date and vantage point should be treated with some caution.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
NotesStereo copyrighted by W.S. Smith (Standard Scenic Co.). No. 1516. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Interiors; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 781 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155020

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