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Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Day signing – Antique Print

Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Day signing, c1898. — historic photograph
Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Day signing, c1898.. 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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A window into the past: Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Day signing, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Day signing

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Day's signature is the detail that sets this image apart: it shows Secretary of State William R. Day at work in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 12, 1898. That was the day the United States and Spain signed a protocol ending hostilities in the Spanish-American War, and Day signed for the United States. The photographer, Frances Benjamin Johnston, was one of the earliest women to work as a professional press and documentary photographer, and she made many views of the executive mansion around this period. The room's formal setting and the staged moment give a sense of how the government recorded its own history.

Created / publishedc1898.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by Frances Benjamin Johnston. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159978

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