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White House [portico] – Vintage Print

White House [portico], 1921 — historic photograph
White House [portico], 1921. 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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White House [portico]

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The north portico of the White House, with its broad columns and central steps, is the element that sets this view apart from the many images of the building's south front and grounds. Porticoes of this kind were a familiar feature of the Executive Mansion by 1921, when the nation's capital was still settling into the postwar years under President Warren G. Harding. The portico's classical columns, modeled on the Neoclassical style of the early republic, have framed presidential arrivals and ceremonies for more than a century. Look closely at the proportions and the play of shadow under the roof, which show how the architects of the 1790s aimed for dignity and symmetry.

Created / published1921
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Porticoes (Porches)--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,196 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162182

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