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[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - view of dining room showing mantel & cupboard] – Vintage Wall Art

[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - view of dining room showing mantel & cupboard], [ca. 1907] — historic photograph
[Interior of John R. McLean House, 1500 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C. - view of dining room showing mantel & cupboard], [ca. 1907]. 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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The dining room of John R. McLean's house at 1500 I Street Northwest, with its mantel and cupboard, is the focus of this view. McLean, a newspaper publisher who owned the Washington Post, lived in the house during a period when Washington's wealthy families filled their homes with elaborate woodwork and imported furnishings. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer who documented Washington architecture and interiors for much of her career, made the picture around 1907. Views like this are valuable today because they record interior decoration that was often altered or lost as tastes changed.

Created / published[ca. 1907]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Architecture -- Details; Washington, D.C. -- Houses; Mantels; BI -- Residences; Stairways; Interiors; Geogr.; McLean, John Roll, 1848-1916; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,192 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137511

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