End View - Butlers House, Dining Room [Kitchen] & House

Containers:
Box HPC - Cabinet Card - Box 1
Creator:
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Language:
English .
Physical description:
Cabinet card of Mansion from the south lawn - the porch and balustrade are missing. View includes the smokehouse, circle storehouse [Butler's House], dairy, kitchen (during this time used as a dining room for visitors), and south colonnade. A handwritten caption on the front border reads: 'End view Butlers House, Dining Room House.' The following text is printed on the reverse of the cardboard mount: From Gardner's Gallery, 921 Penna. Ave. Washington, D. C. Several handwritten notes on the reverse: 'Josephine E. Andrews' and 'Presented to M. V. L. A. by Mrs. Anna A. Andrews, 44 Linden Park, Buffalo, N. Y., May 1933.'
Dimensions:
Cardboard mount: 6 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in.; Photograph: 5 7/8 in. x 4 in.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Reference services
Phone: (703) 780-3600
Parent restrictions:
This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.