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[D.C. Wash. - White House - large crowd on back lawn for Easter egg rolling, 1921] – Antique Wall Art

[D.C. Wash. - White House - large crowd on back lawn for Easter egg rolling, 1921] — historic photograph
[D.C. Wash. - White House - large crowd on back lawn for Easter egg rolling, 1921]. 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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Packed onto the back lawn of the White House, this crowd has gathered for the Easter egg roll, a tradition that dates to 1878, when Rutherford B. Hayes opened the grounds to children after the event was barred from the Capitol lawn. By 1921, the year of this photograph, the gathering was a well-established spring occasion that drew families from across Washington. The picture shows how the executive grounds once served as a public space, with far looser access than the restrictions in place today.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1921
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,254 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123488

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