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Justice Brown's residence, Washington, D.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Justice Brown's residence, Washington, D.C., [ca. 1895] — historic photograph
Justice Brown's residence, Washington, D.C., [ca. 1895]. 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 cyanotype shows the Washington residence of Justice Henry Billings Brown, who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1891 to 1906. Frances Benjamin Johnston, a photographer working in the capital at the turn of the century, made a series of pictures of the homes of officials and prominent residents, part of a broader interest in documenting the city's architecture and social life. The cyanotype process, which produces a distinctive blue-and-white image, was an early and inexpensive printing method that had largely given way to silver-based prints by 1900. The record gives the date as about 1895, while the caption card suggests 1900, so the picture likely dates from the late 1890s.

Created / published[ca. 1895]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI -- Residences; ; Washington, D.C. -- Residences (4); Shelf. Date from notation on item; date on caption card is [1900?].
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,260 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132690

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