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Front view of White House – Historic Photograph Print

Front view of White House, c1934. — historic photograph
Front view of White House, c1934.. 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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Step back in time with Front view of White House, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Front view of White House

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The north front of the White House, with its formal portico facing Lafayette Square, is the subject here. The photograph dates to around 1934, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term, when the Great Depression was reshaping the federal government and the presidency's role in national life. The print bears a U.S. Copyright Office registration number, a reminder that images like this were often filed for legal protection. It shows the exterior as it looked before the extensive interior rebuilding of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Created / publishedc1934.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesJ15705 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,284 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-203926

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