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White House business office – Vintage Wall Art

White House business office, c1906. — historic photograph
White House business office, c1906.. 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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Around 1906, this photograph shows the business office of the White House, where the president's correspondence, appointments, and paperwork were handled by a small staff. The executive work had only recently moved out of the family quarters. The 1902 remodeling under President Theodore Roosevelt gave the presidency its own offices and set the pattern for the later West Wing. The print is credited to Waldon Fawcett, whose copyright notice ties it to his own work as a photographer. It is worth noticing how the job of running the executive branch had outgrown the building's original household arrangements by this time.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright by Waldon Fawcett.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--People--1900-1910. Offices--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910. Government employees--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207195

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