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D.C., Washington--White House--Maintenance--1928--Tearing up the old driveway – Historic Print

D.C., Washington--White House--Maintenance--1928--Tearing up the old driveway, 1928 — historic photograph
D.C., Washington--White House--Maintenance--1928--Tearing up the old driveway, 1928. 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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A window into the past: D.C., Washington--White House--Maintenance--1928--Tearing up the old driveway, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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D.C., Washington--White House--Maintenance--1928--Tearing up the old driveway

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Workers are pictured tearing up the old driveway at the White House in 1928, a piece of routine upkeep on one of the most closely watched properties in the country. Grounds around the executive mansion were regularly reworked to handle steady traffic from visitors, official vehicles, and deliveries, and the building saw ongoing repair during Calvin Coolidge's presidency. Pictures like this one document the unglamorous labor that kept the residence running, focusing on the men at work on the ground rather than on the president or the building's famous facade.

Created / published1928
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
SubjectsWhite House (Washington, D.C.)--1920-1930. Driveways--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930. Laborers--Washington (D.C.)--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162199

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