Easter egg rolling at the White House – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Easter egg rolling at the White House 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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Easter egg rolling at the White House
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Easter Monday, April 1, 1929, brought the annual egg roll to the White House grounds, where children rolled dyed eggs down the sloping South Lawn. The custom is usually traced to 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes opened the lawn to local children, and it became a yearly tradition in the capital. The photograph comes from the National Photo Company, a Washington studio whose commercial work documented the city's public life in the 1920s. It shows the Easter gathering as a fixed part of Washington's calendar, a rare chance to see the presidential grounds filled with families.
| Created / published | 1929 April 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | No. 42457 National Photo Company Collection. Original neg. |
| Subjects | White House Easter Egg Roll. Children & toys--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Easter--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176959 |
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