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Washington, D.C. houses. McLean Estate, called Friendship". Exterior showing gardens" – Historic Reproduction

Washington, D.C. houses. McLean Estate, called Friendship". Exterior showing gardens", [192-?] — historic photograph
Washington, D.C. houses. McLean Estate, called Friendship". Exterior showing gardens", [192-?]. 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 rare historic photograph captures Washington, D.C. houses. McLean Estate, called Friendship". Exterior showing gardens" in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The McLean family's Northwest Washington property was called Friendship, a name tied to the surrounding neighborhood, and this view draws attention to the grounds as much as the house itself. The estate was connected to the city's newspaper world through John R. McLean, publisher of the *Washington Post*, and later to national fame through his daughter-in-law, Evalyn Walsh McLean, whose ownership of the Hope Diamond drew wide attention. The photograph is undated beyond the 1920s, a period when prosperous Washington families built large estates on the city's outskirts.

Created / published[192-?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsGardens--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Estates--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,156 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165761

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