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White House – Historic Reproduction

White House — historic image
White House. Historic image from the White House collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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White House comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Known around the world by its nickname, the White House takes its name from the coat of whitewash applied after British forces set fire to the building in 1814 during the War of 1812. Irish-born architect James Hoban won the design competition for the residence in the 1790s, and John Adams became the first president to live there in 1800. The sandstone mansion has been rebuilt, expanded and remodeled many times since, and it remains the official home of the president and the center of the executive branch.

Original scan9,632 × 14,416 px · prints to 32 × 48 in at 300 dpi
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