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Warder House, Washington, D.C. – Antique Wall Art

Warder House, Washington, D.C., [1900?] — historic photograph
Warder House, Washington, D.C., [1900?]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Warder House, Washington, D.C.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Warder House, Washington, D.C.

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Warder House in Washington, D.C., is the subject here, and the caption cards point to its fireplaces as the focus of the view. The photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston, documented the interiors and architecture of Washington homes around 1900, when many of the city's large residences were furnished in the eclectic styles of the Gilded Age. The cyanotype process, which produces a blue-toned print by exposing chemically treated paper to sunlight, was inexpensive and gave the series a distinctive look. The date is an estimate, so the print is best read as a record of how a Washington interior was arranged at the turn of the century.

Created / published[1900?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreCyanotypes 1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). No. 8918. Caption card tracings: Fireplaces; B.I.; Geog.; Washington, D.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,259 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-137882

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