Garfield Duvall Removing Paint from the Colonnade

Containers:
Box 31
Extent:
2 Photographic Prints
Language:
English .
Physical description:
Photographic print of Garfield (Jesse) Duvall removing paint from the colonnade at Mount Vernon. Photograph taken for an 1956 article in the Providence Sunday Journal. An accompanying typescript caption reads: 'Garfield Duvall, a member of the shop maintenance staff, who has been in the employ of the Association for forty-five years, removes paint from a colonnade cornice in preparation for repainting. These columns are restorations. The work here was a part of the larger project of removing all paint from the colonnades and three of the Mansion elevations. Laboratory examination of paint chips removed from the Mansion reveal twenty coats of paint, with nine intervening strata of sand. See Annual Report 1956.'
Dimensions:
8 in. x 10 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.