State Dining Room, Mount Vernon.

Containers:
Box HPC - Stereograph - Box 1
Creator:
Johnson, N. G. (Newton G.) and Johnson, N. G. (Newton G.)
Language:
English .
Physical description:
Stereoscopic interior view of the New Room. Mounted on orange board. The publisher's imprint on the front of the cardboard mount reads: N. G. Johnson, Photographer, 309 9th St., Washington, D. C. Only Authorized Publisher of Mount Vernon Views. The label adhered on the reverse reads: State Dining Room, Mt. Vernon Mansion, Or Banquet Hall in which Washington gave his State Dinners, displaying Peal's [Rembrandt Peale] painting of "Washington before Yorktown," the Model of the "Bastile" which was made from one of the old stones of which the Prison was built, and the interesting old relic, the "Mayflower Chair," with its old fashioned straight back, and antiquated appearance, which was brought over in the ship Mayflower, 1620. N. G. Johnson, Photographer, 426 7th St., Washington, D. C.
Dimensions:
6 7/8 in. x 3 7/16 in.

Access and use

Location of collection:
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.