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East entrance of the White House, Washington, D.C. – Historic Print

East entrance of the White House, Washington, D.C., c1919 Sept. 8. — historic photograph
East entrance of the White House, Washington, D.C., c1919 Sept. 8.. 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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East entrance of the White House, Washington, D.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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East entrance of the White House, Washington, D.C.

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Few views of the White House show its east side as plainly as this one, which faces the street and the grounds that visitors and officials passed through daily. The image dates to about September 1919, when Woodrow Wilson was in the second year of his presidency and the country was adjusting to the end of World War I. By then the building's east side handled much of its ordinary traffic, and the 1902 expansion had already given the executive offices more room. The print was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, which is why it survives in the Library of Congress collections.

Created / publishedc1919 Sept. 8.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ236635 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1910-1920. Entrances--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161668

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