White House, viewed from across the south lawn, Washington (D.C.), 1947
Contributor
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958 Hoban, James, approximately 1762-1831 L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825 Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. According to the negative sleeve, this set of photographs is captured in color. The scans of these images are in black and white. An out-of-focus and poorly exposed photograph of the White House, as viewed from between the iron gates that line the south lawn. An iron bar lines the left edge. The south lawn in President's Park stretches across the bottom edge and back through center. Trees line the lawn at left and right. In the distance at center, spouts of water rise from a fountain. Beyond the fountain, the White House stands at center. It is viewed from its southern face. Four punched holes line the top edge at left. NRHP reference # 80000347 (President's Park) Text from negative sleeve: 2341. COLOR Eastern trip October 1947 Washington. 1 Mertie West on passenger zone platform in street Capitol dome in background 2 Some park monument not identified Think it is General Sherman 3 & 4 Two photos of southern entrance White House taken thru iron picket fence 5 Mertie West in front of Lafayette monument across from white house grounds 6 some colors on the trees out at end of street car ride in town 7 End of bus line to Cabin John bus at right
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2341_003 ark:/21198/zz002j3htq
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
President’s Park (Washington, D.C.) White House (Washington, D.C.)
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