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[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length protrait, seated at desk, facing left] – Historic Reproduction

[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length protrait, seated at desk, facing left], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length protrait, seated at desk, facing left], [between 1890 and 1910]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length protrait, seated at desk, facing left] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Col. William H. Crook, a White House employee, half-length protrait, seated at desk, facing left]

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Colonel William H. Crook spent many years as a staff member at the White House, and this cyanotype shows him in a half-length view, seated at a desk and turned to the left. The blue-toned process, a early photographic printing method also called blueprinting, gives the portrait a distinctive cast. The picture belongs to the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection, which the photographer assembled while documenting people and rooms connected with the executive mansion around 1890 to 1910.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1910.Cyanotypes 1890-1910.Photographic prints 1890-1910.
NotesFrances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
SubjectsCrook, William H. White House (Washington, D.C.)--People--1890-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181476

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