Youngsters jam White House lawn to roll Easter eggs. Washington, D.C., April 10. General view of the thousands of Youngsters who today took part in the traditional Easter egg rolling on the historic White House lawn. President and Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the children from the south portico. 4-10-39 – Antique Photo Print
(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 Youngsters jam White House lawn to roll Easter eggs. Washington, D.C., April 10. General view of the thousands of Youngsters who today took part in the traditional Easter egg rolling on the historic White House lawn. President and Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the children from the south portico. 4-10-39, 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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Youngsters jam White House lawn to roll Easter eggs. Washington, D.C., April 10. General view of the thousands of Youngsters who today took part in the traditional Easter egg rolling on the historic White House lawn. President and Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the children from the south portico. 4-10-39
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Crowds of children filled the South Lawn of the White House on April 10, 1939, for the annual Easter egg roll, and this view takes in the whole mass of them at once. The caption notes that President and Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the children from the south portico, a detail that places the event at the residence during the Roosevelt years. The egg roll had been a White House tradition since the 19th century, and its lawn gatherings drew families from across Washington. The photograph comes from the Harris & Ewing studio, whose glass negatives recorded daily life in the capital for decades.
| Created / published | 1939 April 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. note: Batch five. |
| Subjects | United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection |
| Original scan | 5,070 × 4,052 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 26454u Youngsters jam White House lawn to roll Easter eggs |
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