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Line waiting admission to the White House today – Vintage Print

Line waiting admission to the White House today, [1922 Jan. 2] — historic photograph
Line waiting admission to the White House today, [1922 Jan. 2]. 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 Line waiting admission to the White House today, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This photograph shows a line of people waiting to be admitted to the White House on January 2, 1922, the kind of scene that was common when visitors could tour the executive mansion on public days. The picture was taken by the National Photo Company, a Washington commercial studio that documented the city's streets, government buildings and daily life in the 1910s and 1920s. Its place in a January 1922 album, compiled under the name Herbert E. French, makes it a record of ordinary visitors in the early Harding years. The queue itself is the subject, showing how many people came to see the building in person.

Created / published[1922 Jan. 2]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesIn album: Washington, D.C., 2 January 1922 to 31 January 1922, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 1, no. 17282. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Queues--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,249 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207475

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