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War dims White House lights – Historic Print

War dims White House lights — historic photograph
War dims White House lights. 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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Taken on December 10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this view shows the White House with its lights dimmed as Washington adopted wartime blackout measures. The executive mansion, which normally glowed as a symbol of national confidence, now sat muted against the night sky. Civil defense authorities across the country were quickly organizing dimouts to guard against possible air raids and to make coastal and industrial targets harder to spot. The picture records how swiftly everyday life in the capital changed after the United States entered World War II.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes1941 December 10.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--United States. War blackouts--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950. Lighting--Washington (D.C.)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,277 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-209705

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