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Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau was on hand at the White House today for the special session of the cabinet called by President Roosevelt, 9/14/37

Secretary of Treasury. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Secretary of Treasu...

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MOVIE FOLK LUNCHEON GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. THE MOVIE STARS THAT ARE IN WASHINGTON TO HELP CELEBRATE THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY PARTY WERE LUNCHEON GUESTS OF MRS. ROOSEVELT AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEY MET THE PRESIDENT AND ALL WISHED HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. L TO R: FREDERICK JAGEL, METROPOLITAN OPERA TENOR; MISS MARSHA HUNT; ROBERT TAYLOR; MISS MARIA GAMBERELLI, DANCER; MRS. F.D. ROOSEVELT; MISS JEAN HARLOW; MISS MITZI GREEN; AND COMMISSIONER GEORGE ALLEN ON THE PORTICO OF THE WHITE HOUSE

MOVIE FOLK LUNCHEON GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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President confers with congressional floor leaders on proposed special session. Washington, D.C. Aug. 24. Indications that the administration is supporting the movement for a proposed extra session of Congress were seen today following a conference between House majority leader Sam Rayburn, (left) and Senator Majority leader Alben W. Barkley. They are shown leaving the White House. 82437

President confers with congressional floor leaders on proposed special...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a car, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

Supreme Court possibility. Washington, D.C. Aug 5. Another whose name is being prominently mentioned as an appointee to the Supreme Court bench is Stanley F. Reed, U.S. Solicitor General. He is shown leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt, 8/5/37

Supreme Court possibility. Washington, D.C. Aug 5. Another whose name ...

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Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Washington D.C., July 28. At a meeting today of 23 senators who are united in a drive to enact legislation for the sugar industry at this session of Congress, it was decided to send a committee to the White House to put the question up to President Roosevelt and determine the administration views. The senators agreed that failure to pass the sugar bill might seriously damage the American industry. Senator Alva B. Adams, (left center) who presided at the meeting, and Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a member of the sugar bloc, are shown being questioned by newsmen following the meeting, 7/28/37

Legislation for sugar industry to be put up to President Roosevelt. Wa...

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Presents credentials. Washington, D.C. June 8. Dr. Chenting T. Wang, new ambassador from China to the United States, leaving the White House today after presenting his to President Roosevelt. Richard South gate of the State Department, accompanied the new ambassador. 6/8/37

Presents credentials. Washington, D.C. June 8. Dr. Chenting T. Wang, n...

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Congratulations new U.S. Housing chief. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Secretary Of Interior Harold Ickes (left) congratulates Nathan Straus, New York Housing expert, on his appointment as Head of the new U.S. Housing Administration. Straus will be responsible for carrying out provisions of the $526,000,000 Wagner Act whereby the new deal hopes to clear city slums and make low cost housing available. Ickes and Straus are shown as they left the White house following a conference with President Roosevelt. 10/20/37

Congratulations new U.S. Housing chief. Washington, D.C., Oct. 20. Sec...

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White House interiors. State Dining Room in White House I

White House interiors. State Dining Room in White House I

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Asst. Secys of Army & Navy, Louis Johnson & Charles Edison leaving White House following conference with Pres. Roosevelt, Oct. 25, 1938

Asst. Secys of Army & Navy, Louis Johnson & Charles Edison leaving Whi...

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Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. President Roosevelt today canvassed proposals for flood control measures with a house delegation placing emphasis on need for a program in the Ohio River Valley. The House Delegates asked the president to support and $80,000,000 program for flood control in the Ohio Valley. They are shown as they left the White House, left to right, front: Joseph A. Dixon, Ohio; James G. Folk, Ohio; Eugene P. Crowe, Ind.; G.W. Johnson, West Virginia; Lawrence E. Imhoff, Ohio. In the rear: Peter J. De Muth, PA.; Kent Keller, Ill.; Brent Spencer, KY, 3/7/38

Congressional group asks $80,000,000 for flood control. Washington, D....

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U.S. Envoy to Argentine. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Alexander Weddell, American Ambassador to the Argentine, was a recent White House caller. He is in this country on leave, 12/10/38

U.S. Envoy to Argentine. Washington, D.C., Dec. 10. Alexander Weddell,...

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[U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 17. THE HISTORIC EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE SCENE TODAY AS THE GREATEST TRADE TREATY IN RECENT HISTORY, EMBRACING A TOTAL AMERICAN TRADE OF 1,500,000,000 DOLLARS, WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDAY, AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND CANADA. PICTURED, LEFT, 2ND SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDSAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MacKENZIE KING, AND HULL. STANDING, L TO R: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FRANCIS B. SAYRE; CANADIAN MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES HERBERT MARLER; DR. O.D. SKELTON, UNDERSECRETARY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CANADA; AND CHARLES BARNES, TRADE AGREEMENTS DEVISION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT]

[U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHING...

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Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. George M. Harrison, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship clerks, leaving the White House today after discussing with President Roosevelt the carriers wage controversy. Harrison told newsmen "the president wants railroad labor and management to take up the problem of developing a program of legislation for general rehabilitation of the railroad industry," 10-31-38

Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington,...

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[Press with radio(?) equipment at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Press with radio(?) equipment at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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Civil Service Commission confers with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. Members of the United States Civil Service Commission leaving the White House today after a conference with President Roosevelt. Left to right: Samuel H. Ordway, Jr., Mrs. Lucille Forster McMillin, Chairman; and Harry B. Mitchell, 10/10/38

Civil Service Commission confers with President Roosevelt. Washington,...

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New Chief Usher at White House. Washington, D.C., April 5. Howell F. Crim has just been named by President Roosevelt to the chief usher at the White House, succeeding Raymond Muir who has been appointed Assistant to the Chief of the International Conference Division of the State Department. Crim has been First Assistant to Muir since 1933, 4/5/38

New Chief Usher at White House. Washington, D.C., April 5. Howell F. C...

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Xmas tree set up in East room. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23. The East room of the White House took on its yuletide dress today when a tree decorated with varied colored lights was set up for the benefit of the sightseers

Xmas tree set up in East room. Washington, D.C., Dec. 23. The East roo...

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U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 17. THE HISTORIC EAST ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE WAS THE SCENE TODAY AS THE GREATEST TRADE TREATY IN RECENT HISTORY, EMBRACING A TOTAL AMERICAN TRADE OF 1,500,000,000 DOLLARS, WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDAY, AND OTHER HIGH OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN, AND CANADA. PICTURED, LEFT, 2ND SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE, BRITISH AMBASSADOR SIR RONALD LINDSAY, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MacKENZIE KING, AND HULL. STANDING, L TO R: ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FRANCIS B. SAYRE; CANADIAN MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES HERBERT MARLER; DR. O.D. SKELTON, UNDERSECRETARY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF CANADA; AND CHARLES BARNES, TRADE AGREEMENTS DEVISION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT

U.S.-GREAT BRITAIN-CANADA TRADE TREATY SIGNED AT WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGT...

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Chief of the American Red Cross sees President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Sept. 16. Norman Davis, Chief of the American Red Cross and Ambassador at Large, was one of the more important visitors at the White House today. A luncheon guest of the President, Mr. Davis glanced over the headlines upon leaving the White House

Chief of the American Red Cross sees President Roosevelt. Washington, ...

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Governor-elect of Maryland luncheon guest of President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Governor-elect Herbert O'Connor of Maryland, arriving at the White House where he was luncheon guest of the President today, 12/29/38

Governor-elect of Maryland luncheon guest of President Roosevelt. Wash...

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[Police at White House, Washington, D.C.]

[Police at White House, Washington, D.C.]

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White House personnel fingerprinted following suggestion of the President. Washington, D.C., March 21. Recently the President suggested at his press conference that everyone in the White House, including himself, be fingerprinted and today the fingerprinting was started. Left to right: Isaac Avery, of the Carpenter shop, Mollie D. Somerville, or Mrs. Roosevelt's Stenographic staff, Finger printer E.A. Schurman, Secret Service Agent, E.L. Lewis of the Carpenter shop, Muriel Lund, Clerk, Sgt. Ole Jacobson, Acting Captain Herbert L. Marcy - the latter two of the White House Police Force - and Wilson Searles, Usher. 3-21-39

White House personnel fingerprinted following suggestion of the Presid...

A group of people standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gener... More

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30. AS A CLIMAX TO HER ATTENDANCE AT MANY OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALLS IN THE CAPITAL TONIGHT, MRS. ROOSEVELT CUTS THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE AT THE WARDMAN PARK HOTEL. THIS WAS THE LAST CELEBRATION THE FIRST LADY ATTENDED BEFORE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THANK THE NATION OVER THE AIR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INFANTILE PARALYSIS. L TO R: MRS. E M. COLVIN, NIECE OF D.C. COMMISSIONER MELVIN HAZEN; MRS. EDGAR MORRIS, WIFE OF THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE D.C

FIRST LADY CUTS PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY CAKE. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 30...

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White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Thomas Dewey. Washington, D.C., March 1. Ten potential presidential candidates were expected to attend an off the record political rally at the National Press Club tonight. Each aspirant is expected to give a short but pithy speech on why he should not be elected president. In preparation for this bit of satire for the evening, the huge dining room of the press club was decorated with farcical caricatures. This is a sample of one of them, 3-1- 40

White House aspirants join political rally at National Press Club. Tho...

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White House closed to visitors. Washington, D.C., July 1. Beginning today the White House mansion and grounds were closed to visitors until the 15th of September. The White House will be painted and repaired during that time, 7-1-40

White House closed to visitors. Washington, D.C., July 1. Beginning to...

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Wayne Coy - Special Assistant and Liaison Officer of the White House and Office for Emergency Management / OEM Defense photo by Dixon.

Wayne Coy - Special Assistant and Liaison Officer of the White House a...

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Citation winners. Edwin Curtiss Tracy, citation winner, at a luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Mr. Tracy is field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersy

Citation winners. Edwin Curtiss Tracy, citation winner, at a luncheon ...

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French Ambassador Henri Bonnet on the South Lawn of the White House

French Ambassador Henri Bonnet on the South Lawn of the White House

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 19... More

White House exteriors. South side of White House with fountain, vertical I

White House exteriors. South side of White House with fountain, vertic...

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White House interiors. Family dining room

White House interiors. Family dining room

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White House interiors. Family dining room

White House interiors. Family dining room

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White House exteriors. View of White House across lawn with fountain II

White House exteriors. View of White House across lawn with fountain I...

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White House interiors. Stairway in White House II

White House interiors. Stairway in White House II

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President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved their piece of the Pedernales River, which winds through the property that Johnson purchased in 1951 from a widowed aunt. The ranch house on the land became the "Texas White House" during Johnson's presidency in the 1960s

President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, loved the...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs and President John F. Kennedy seated in the Oval Office in the White House during a meeting WKL

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs and President John ...

Title devised by Library staff from related contact sheet folder caption. Date from related contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10633, frame 15. R... More

[President Gerald Ford being photographed while announcing amnesty for draft evaders at the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Gerald Ford being photographed while announcing amnesty for...

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[President Gerald Ford talks with reporters, including Helen Thomas, during a press conference at the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Gerald Ford talks with reporters, including Helen Thomas, d...

Contact sheet folder caption: President Ford Mini Press Conference. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

[President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at th...

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[President Jimmy Carter standing behind his desk in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.]

[President Jimmy Carter standing behind his desk in the Oval Office of...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Carter working on TV speech. MST. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes.

The luxury Hay-Adams Hotel, on Lafayette Square across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

The luxury Hay-Adams Hotel, on Lafayette Square across from the White ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The hotel was built by Washington developer Henry Wardm... More

President Ronald Reagan talks to Republican Senators at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C.

President Ronald Reagan talks to Republican Senators at his desk in th...

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Dillon room fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

Dillon room fireplace detail, Blair House, located across from the Whi...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Truman study, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

Truman study, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washin...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

Aerial view of White House, Old Executive Office Building, Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of White House, Old Executive Office Building, Washington ...

Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010... More

Aerial view of White House and downtown, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view of White House and downtown, Washington, D.C.

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-p... More

Double drawing room, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

Double drawing room, Blair House, located across from the White House,...

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2009 Inaugural Parade. Michelle and Barack Obama join Joe and Jill Biden watch the parade from the viewing stand in front of the White House, Washington, D.C.

2009 Inaugural Parade. Michelle and Barack Obama join Joe and Jill Bid...

Title and date provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2009:083-1)... More

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street ...

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surround... More

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street between 15th and 17th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C.

LaFayette Park, located directly north of the White House on H Street ...

Lafayette Square is a seven-acre public park. The Square and the surrounding structures were designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970. Originally planned as part of the pleasure grounds surround... More

Yorktown, Virginia Embarkation for White House Landing, Virginia

Yorktown, Virginia Embarkation for White House Landing, Virginia

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

[White House from the east (Treasury Building)]

[White House from the east (Treasury Building)]

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Conservatory. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Conservatory. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.

Stereograph showing interior view of White House conservatory with plants and greenhouse glass roof. 5863 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1873 by Chas. Pollock. Entered according to act of Congress A. D. 1873,... More

Remodeled corridor in the White House, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Remodeled corridor in the White House, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

H32069 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1903 by B.L. Singley. No. 13610.

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Dr. John Brockenbrough House, 1201 East Clay Street, Richmond, Indepen...

Significance: The White House of the Confederacy served as the Executive Mansion for Confederate President Jefferson Davis and his family from August 1861 to April 1865. Survey number: HABS VA-861 Building/s... More

[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. Site plan and principal story plan]

[The White House ("President's House") Washington, D.C. Site plan and ...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the principal Story to be altered." "Public Drawing Room." "antichamber or Pref. Parlor" "Parlor or antichamber" "Common Drawing room." Lined with paper; Watermark: T G &... More

Judge P. W. White House, 212 North Madison Street, Quincy, Gadsden County, FL

Judge P. W. White House, 212 North Madison Street, Quincy, Gadsden Cou...

Significance: This wood frame structure was built for Judge P.W. White by Mr. Smallwood about 1840. It has been only slightly altered. Survey number: HABS FL-153 Building/structure dates: ca. 1840 Initial Co... More

President Roosevelt's dinner to Prince Henry, in the East Room, White House, Washington, U.S.A.

President Roosevelt's dinner to Prince Henry, in the East Room, White ...

Crescent table with settings and flowers awaiting guests in the East Room of the White House. H15790 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Washington, D.C.... More

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See also HALS Nos. DC-6, -7, and -9 for related documentation. Significance: Planned by Pierre L'Enfant according to Baroque city planning traditions and redesigned by the 1901 Senate Park Commission in the sty... More

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Mall & Monument Grounds, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

See also HALS Nos. DC-6, -7, and -9 for related documentation. Significance: Planned by Pierre L'Enfant according to Baroque city planning traditions and redesigned by the 1901 Senate Park Commission in the sty... More

[President's house (i.e. White House), Washington, D.C., showing south side, probably taken in winter]

[President's house (i.e. White House), Washington, D.C., showing south...

Purchase; 1972; (DLC/PP-1972:R01.2). Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4105-L.

William Allen White House, Mother's House, 923 North Exchange Street, Emporia, Lyon County, KS

William Allen White House, Mother's House, 923 North Exchange Street, ...

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The White House by night, Washington DC

The White House by night, Washington DC

Photograph shows an exterior, night view of the White House with snow-covered drive and grounds. H90561 U.S. Copyright Office.

Florence Graves White House, Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, Lake County, OH

Florence Graves White House, Mentor Avenue (U.S. Route 20), Mentor, La...

Survey number: HABS OH-2239 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White House stables - Mrs. Roosevelt's mare

White House stables - Mrs. Roosevelt's mare

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Richard Cutts House, 1518 H Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Richard Cutts House, 1518 H Street, Northwest, Washington, District of...

Significance: Social center of Washington where the widowed Dolley Madison spent the last 12 years of her life. This building is reported to have been built by Mrs. Madison's brother-in-law, Richard Cutts who ... More

[Knight in armor tilting at man in modern dress in tree onto which a man in modern dress has climbed for refuge]

[Knight in armor tilting at man in modern dress in tree onto which a m...

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as frontispiece in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens.... More

Judge John P. White House, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX

Judge John P. White House, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-351 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction

[Indian delegation in the White House Conservatory during the Civil War, with J.G. Nicolay, President Abraham Lincoln's secretary, standing in center back row ] / Brady, New York.

[Indian delegation in the White House Conservatory during the Civil Wa...

Photograph of the Southern Plains delegation, taken in the White House Conservatory on March 27, 1863. The interpreter William Simpson Smith and the agent Samuel G. Colley are standing at the left of the group;... More

Theodore Roosevelt, President - at his desk in the White House, Washington, U.S.A.

Theodore Roosevelt, President - at his desk in the White House, Washin...

Stereograph showing Roosevelt sitting at his desk. H19206 U.S. Copyright Office.

President Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C.

President Roosevelt at his desk in the White House, Washington, D.C.

Stereograph showing Roosevelt sitting at his desk. H18127 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9901.

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Octagon House, 1799 (1741) New York Avenue, Northwest, Washington, Dis...

Location of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. 2004 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: Excellent and innovative example of Federal style domestic architecture. Served as Executive Mansion fo... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Scott-Grant House, 3238 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of C...

Significance: This house is most notable as a mid nineteenth-century stylistically transitional house that combines the symmetrical massing of the first half of the nineteenth century with the picturesque, orna... More

White House, 2723 Park Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

White House, 2723 Park Avenue, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Significance: This was one house in a cluster of frame dwellings which retained their original 1865-1885 detailing. Distinguishing features were its front gable orientation, pointed-arch gable window with sunbu... More

White House Ruin, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

White House Ruin, Navajo Indian Reservation, Chinle, Apache County, AZ

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virgin...

Significance: The Reid-White House is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It features an early entry porch supported by Ionic order columns A two-story brick addition was made to the left-hand gable end ... More

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virgin...

Significance: The Reid-White House is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It features an early entry porch supported by Ionic order columns A two-story brick addition was made to the left-hand gable end ... More

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Reid-White House, 208 West Nelson Street, Lexington, Lexington, Virgin...

Significance: The Reid-White House is a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling. It features an early entry porch supported by Ionic order columns A two-story brick addition was made to the left-hand gable end ... More

[White House Landing, Virginia Supply vessels at anchor]

[White House Landing, Virginia Supply vessels at anchor]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson Place Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Decatur House, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 748 Jackson P...

Significance: Decatur is unique in this country: the work of a great architect Benjamin H. Latrobe, built for a great American naval commander Commodore Stephen Decatur, preserved the original drawings. This is... More

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