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View of the president's house. Washington, D.C. – Historic Photo Reproduction

View of the president's house. Washington, D.C., [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
View of the president's house. Washington, D.C., [no date recorded on shelflist card]. Historic print from the Washington DC 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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Labeled simply as the President's House, this view shows the executive residence in Washington, the building most people today call the White House. The record gives no date, and the only associated name is D.W. Kellogg & Co., a commercial print firm, so the exact year of the image is unconfirmed. James Hoban designed the residence, and John Adams became its first occupant in 1800. After British forces burned its interior in 1814, the building was rebuilt and whitewashed, which helps explain the name that stuck. Prints like this one circulated widely to show the capital's most recognizable building.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Kellogg, D.W. & Co.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126011

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