Keeping the White House white - painting around doorway – Antique Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Keeping the White House white - painting around doorway, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Keeping the White House white - painting around doorway
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The detail that sets this picture apart is its focus on a single workman at the edge of a doorway rather than the building's famous façade. Underwood & Underwood, a commercial photography firm that supplied news and stock images to newspapers in the early twentieth century, documented the White House in 1924 while crews kept its exterior presentable. The White House has been painted white since the 1790s, when it was whitewashed to cover the bare sandstone, and it has needed regular repainting ever since, especially on woodwork and trim exposed to weather. A photograph like this one shows the ordinary, continuous labor behind a national symbol.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. |
| Subjects | White House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Maintenance & repair--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Doors & doorways--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Painting--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,276 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-206809 |
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