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White House Easter egg roll – Historic Reproduction

White House Easter egg roll, 1889 — historic photograph
White House Easter egg roll, 1889. 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: White House Easter egg roll, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Children and grown-ups spread across the White House grounds in this 1889 view of the Easter egg roll. After Congress barred egg rolling on the Capitol grounds because of damage to the turf, President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the White House lawn to families in 1878. By 1889 the event had become a yearly spring fixture in Washington, with families rolling dyed eggs down the slope. The picture is a useful record of how public the executive grounds had become.

Created / published1889
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1890.
NotesChildren and adults on grounds of the White House.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1880-1890. White House Easter Egg Roll. Children & adults--Washington (D.C.)--1880-1890. Easter--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165559

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