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The White House and Lafayette Square

The President's house, its gates, the Ellipse and Lafayette Square, where the suffrage pickets stood in 1917.

A row of photographers with large cameras on tripods before the White House — 1918 Press photographers line up with their cameras on the White House lawn, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24394 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

History

Theodore Roosevelt’s renovation of 1902 gave the White House the shape seen in these photographs: the clutter of Victorian greenhouses was cleared away and the offices were moved into a new, low west wing. Taft enlarged it in 1909 with the first Oval Office.

The house was much more open than now. Pennsylvania Avenue ran past the north gates, crowds gathered on the Ellipse to the south, and from January 1917 the “Silent Sentinels” of the National Woman’s Party stood at the gates with banners asking the President how long women must wait for liberty. Lafayette Square across the avenue had its statues of Jackson, Lafayette, Rochambeau, von Steuben and Kościuszko, the last two unveiled in 1910.

What's there now

The house is still the President’s residence and office. The West Wing was rebuilt after a fire on Christmas Eve 1929 and enlarged in the 1930s, when Franklin Roosevelt moved the Oval Office to its present corner, and the whole interior was dismantled and rebuilt in 1949–52. Pennsylvania Avenue in front has been closed to cars since 1995.

Then and now

From the north the house looks almost exactly as it did in 1915. What has changed is the setting: people could walk up to the gates, cars and streetcars passed in front, and the Ellipse to the south was an open public ground.

Photographs 113, oldest first

High view over the White House and trees toward a distant dome — c. 1900 The White House and its grounds seen from the State, War and Navy Building, about 1900, with the Capitol far beyond.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-13016 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A statue on a tall pedestal with brick houses behind — c. 1900–06 The Rochambeau statue in Lafayette Square, 1900s, with the houses of Jackson Place behind.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-17452 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An equestrian statue on a high pedestal with an obelisk behind — 1908 The Sherman statue south of the Treasury, with the Washington Monument behind, about 1908.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-71081 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men shovelling heavy snow in front of a decorated grandstand — March 4, 1909 Workmen clear snow in front of the presidential reviewing stand at the White House on Taft's inauguration day, March 4, 1909.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · PRES FILE [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A black horse-drawn hearse with a driver in a top hat and sailors beside it — 1911 A horse-drawn hearse waits with sailors outside St. John's Church for the funeral of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, 1911.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 472 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd outside a columned church with a small cupola, a horse carriage at right — 1911 Easter crowds gather outside St. John's Church on Lafayette Square in 1911, a carriage waiting at the kerb. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 988 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An early biplane in the air above the White House grounds — July 14, 1911 Harry Atwood's Wright biplane rises from the White House lawn, July 1911.Date checked: The Library gives July 1911; Atwood landed on and took off from the White House lawn on July 14, 1911.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 437 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A bronze horse and rider statue in a park with a white building behind — c. 1905–20 Andrew Jackson's equestrian statue in Lafayette Square, with the White House beyond.Detroit Publishing Company, Library of Congress · LC-D4-36801 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A carriage with riders passing grandstands hung with bunting — 1913 Taft and Wilson's carriage and mounted escort pass the decorated stands on inauguration day, 1913. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 644A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Empty white grandstands along a street with a streetcar — 1913 The Court of Honor stands built before the White House for Wilson's inauguration, 1913.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2137 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A wide view of a park with a statue in the centre and bare trees — 1913 The Jackson statue at the centre of Lafayette Square, 1913, with paths radiating through the park.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2150 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Crowds on a lawn with fountain spray and the Washington Monument — 1913 Children roll Easter eggs on the White House lawn, 1913, with the Washington Monument beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 2333 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two men in top hats on the White House steps — March 4, 1913 Taft and Wilson at the White House after Wilson's inauguration, March 4, 1913.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12340-1 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two men in top hats coming down the steps under the White House north portico — March 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft leave the White House on inauguration morning, March 4, 1913.Bain News Service, Library of Congress · PRES FILE - Wilson, Woodrow [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of women carrying banners walking along a tree-lined avenue — 1914 Suffragists march with banners, one reading "Connecticut", along the street by the White House in 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3458 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A hillside crowded with children and adults hunting for eggs on the grass — 1914 Children scramble after eggs across the crowded slope of the White House grounds at the Easter egg rolling of 1914.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3735 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Formal garden beds leading to a tent before the White House offices — 1914 The White House's new southwest garden in 1914, which replaced the colonial garden laid out in 1902, with a tent at its far end.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 3853 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of women holding a banner under bare trees — February 1914 Suffragists with a banner at the White House, February 1914.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 1054A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women holding banners at the White House gates — c. 1909–20 Suffragists picket the White House gates with banners.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 3648 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A gateway with stone pillars and lamps, the White House behind bare trees — c. 1910–20 Visitors stand at the open White House gate between its stone piers, the mansion beyond bare trees.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H25- 435 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Crowds of people on a lawn before the White House south front — 1915 Families on the White House lawn for the Easter egg roll, 1915.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5038 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Pedestrians in winter coats on a snowy path lined with bare trees — c. 1913–18 People walk along a snowy Executive Avenue beside the White House grounds in the 1910s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 12043 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Snow-laden trees and a statue in a city park — c. 1909–23 Lafayette Park under fresh snow, with the Jackson statue among the trees.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 299 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People in a reviewing stand hung with bunting and shields — 1916 President and Mrs. Wilson in the decorated reviewing stand for the Preparedness Parade, 1916. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 5447 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Columns of sailors marching past a large decorated reviewing stand — 1917 Sailors march past the columned presidential reviewing stand at Wilson's second inauguration, 1917. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 44244 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two women in sashes beside a large lettered banner at an ornate gateway — 1917 Suffragists stand at a gate in June 1917 with a banner addressed "To the Envoys of Russia", accusing President Wilson of deceiving them. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44560A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women and police officers at the gate of the White House grounds — 1917 Suffragists at the White House gate, 1917.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44562A [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A view between columns across a park to a distant obelisk — 1917 Across Lafayette Square to the White House and the Washington Monument, 1917, framed by the portico of St. John's Church.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 7076 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman in a white hat and sash beside a banner reading DEMOCRACY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME — 1917 Mrs. Swing, a suffrage picket at the White House in 1917, stands beside a banner reading "Democracy should begin at home."Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8969 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large crowd of men in straw hats gathered before a gate under tall trees — 1917 A crowd of men in straw boaters masses outside the White House gate during a suffrage disturbance in 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 8981 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd of men in straw boaters outside a stone gatepost and iron fence — 1917 A crowd of men and boys in straw hats mills outside a gateway during the woman suffrage riots of 1917. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9327 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman in a long coat holding up a lettered banner — 1917 A suffragist holds a banner addressed to the President, 1917. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9657 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A huge outdoor crowd with flags and department signs, speakers' stand in front — 1917 A vast crowd at a 1917 Liberty Loan rally, with tallies for the Interior and Navy departments posted above the heads and the State, War and Navy Building beyond. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 9676 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women with banners walking past a fountain and trees — 1917 Women of the National Woman's Party march in a picket parade, 1917. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 10098 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in long coats and sashes holding protest banners on a sidewalk by an iron fence — 1917 Suffrage pickets in sashes hold banners addressed to "Mr. President" beside a gatepost on the White House fence, 1917. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 12065 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Three women in white with sashes and banners standing before an iron gate — 1917 Three Congressional Union pickets in white with sashes stand with banners at the White House gate in 1917.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-361 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A flock of sheep on the lawn with the White House behind — c. 1916–19 Sheep graze on the White House lawn during the First World War, kept to save manpower on mowing and to raise wool for the Red Cross.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24395 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man crouching on a lawn bottle-feeding a lamb, the White House behind — c. 1916–19 A man feeds a lamb from a bottle on the White House lawn, sometime between 1916 and 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30107 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd before the White House north front, motor cars in the street — c. 1917–19 A large crowd fills the street outside the White House gates in the war years, with cars at the kerb and the north portico behind.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29784 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A tank and soldiers in front of a white office building — 1918 The Liberty Loan tank and its crowd outside the White House offices, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24281 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two women standing in front of a townhouse with flags — 1918 The National Woman's Party headquarters on Lafayette Square, 1918, with women at the door under the party's flag.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 24300 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white with banners gathered on a statue's base above a crowd of onlookers — 1918 Suffragists in white with tall banners stage a demonstration at the foot of a statue before a large crowd, 1918. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29663 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white dresses with striped banners standing at the base of a bronze statue — 1918 Suffrage demonstrators in white stand with banners at the base of the Lafayette statue in 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29671 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in white with banners grouped around a large statue — 1918 Suffragists with banners at the Lafayette statue in Lafayette Square, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29672 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Soldiers with rifles and bayonets marching in a curving column across a lawn, a colonnaded building behind — 1918 French Legionnaires with fixed bayonets march into the White House grounds in 1918, the Treasury behind them.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29676 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women beside a small fire on the pavement in front of the White House fence — 1918 Suffragists keep a bonfire burning on the pavement in front of the White House, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 29861 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd around a large statue in a park — 1918 Suffrage demonstrators gather at the Lafayette statue in Lafayette Square, 1918.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30164 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Columns of women in white uniforms marching on a street in front of the White House — May 1918 Red Cross women in white march past the White House in the parade of May 1918.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 44472 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A plain three-storey townhouse behind a fence — c. 1918–20 Blair House at 1651 Pennsylvania Avenue, across from the White House, about 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 1597 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A corner of old brick rowhouses with shops on a broad street — c. 1918–20 The row known as the Seven Buildings at 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, where James Madison lived after the White House burned in 1814, about 1919. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 1598 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A columned church with a tall cupola on a street corner, people walking past — c. 1918–20 St. John's Church at 16th and H Streets on Lafayette Square, with a carriage and pedestrians in the street, around 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 1610 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large brick mansion behind bare trees — c. 1918–20 The Corcoran House at Connecticut Avenue and H Street, on Lafayette Square, about 1919.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 1611 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A bronze statue of a rider on a rearing horse with cannons around its base — c. 1918–20 Andrew Jackson's rearing equestrian statue and its old cannon in Lafayette Square, St. John's Church steeple behind. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 1641 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Aerial view of city blocks and avenues with a large oval park at right — 1919 The city from the air in 1919, the view running from the White House and the Ellipse toward the Capitol.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30456 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An enormous crowd on an open park lawn — 1919 Crowds fill the Ellipse for the Fourth of July exercises, 1919.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30546 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Troops with flags marching past a decorated stand with the White House behind — 1919 Marines with flags march past a reviewing stand before the White House in 1919. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 30789 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A view between columns over a wide lawn with trees — 1920 The view south from the White House porch across the lawn toward the Ellipse, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 8942 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in summer dresses below flags on a building — 1920 Suffragists gather at their headquarters as the ratification banner is raised, 1920. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 9339 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women on a balcony hanging a large banner while a crowd watches below — 1920 Women of the National Woman's Party unfurl their tricolour banner from the balcony of their headquarters on Lafayette Square to mark the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, 1920. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 9340 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of women carrying placards on a pavement beside a fence — 1920 Irish-American pickets march past the White House with placards, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 9962 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of men at night before the lit White House — 1920 An election-night crowd outside the White House, 1920.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F82- 5101 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women in coats beside a smoking urn on the steps of a house with a large flag — January 7, 1920 National Woman's Party members tend a fire outside their headquarters, January 7, 1920, part of their "watchfire" protests. place uncertainNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 6344 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

High view of a formal terrace garden with potted trees, a large building beyond — c. 1909–32 The White House east terrace garden of clipped trees in tubs, seen from above, looking toward the Treasury.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-1C [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A long line of people in winter coats outside the White House — c. 1909–32 A queue in the snow outside the White House for the President's New Year reception.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12342-9 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Spectators watching marchers in a forecourt beside a sentry box, a big ornate building behind — 1921 Marchers parade before a crowd as the President receives the Sons of the American Revolution in 1921, the State, War and Navy Building behind. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 14135 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A decorated grandstand with a pillared pavilion and spectators — 1921 The presidential reviewing stand, hung with flags and bunting, for Harding's inaugural parade, 1921. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H261- 14-B [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

The White House north front behind snow-covered lawns and trees — c. 1921–22 Snow on the lawn and trees of the White House north grounds, early 1920s.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-3745 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A woman in white standing on steps between large lettered placards at an iron gate — 1922 A picket for political amnesty stands on the steps at a White House gate in 1922, flanked by placards demanding the release of wartime prisoners. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 19951 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Aerial view of a large oval lawn filled with people in a pattern, the White House behind — c. 1921–23 An event on the Ellipse seen from the air in the early 1920s, with crowds arranged in a great pattern and the White House and State, War and Navy Building beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-3031 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd on a wide lawn, a fountain and white tent behind, the Washington Monument beyond — c. 1921–23 A crowd gathers on a lawn with a fountain and a tent, the Washington Monument rising beyond the trees, in the early 1920s. place uncertainHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-3052 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of people holding protest signs in front of the White House — 1922 Pickets outside the White House in 1922 carry signs calling for the release of political prisoners.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-4379 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Aerial view of a snowy oval park and the White House among trees — January 1922 The White House and the Ellipse from the air under snow, early 1922.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-4024 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A large old brick mansion with a smaller wing, debris and workers in the courtyard — March 14, 1922 The old Corcoran House, once Daniel Webster's home, being razed in March 1922. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H27- A-4164 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd on a tree-lined lawn on a misty day — April 17, 1922 Thousands crowd the White House grounds for the Easter egg rolling of April 1922.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, v. 4 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of children and women holding placards on a sidewalk under trees — May 2, 1922 Children and mothers carrying placards pleading for amnesty for political prisoners picket the White House on May 2, 1922: "A little child shall lead them."Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-4380 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A row of women holding placards along an iron fence under tall trees — November 11, 1922 Amnesty pickets line the iron fence along the sidewalk with placards addressed to the President, November 11, 1922. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 21288 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two women in old-fashioned dress holding a large protest sign against an iron fence — December 1, 1922 Political amnesty pickets in bonnets and aprons hold a sign at the White House fence on December 1, 1922: "Mr. President, remember the Constitution."National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 21539 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Women at an iron gate beside a big placard with Santa Claus and a slogan — December 22, 1922 A political amnesty picket stands at the White House gate in December 1922 beside a Santa Claus placard reading "Mr. President, let's have an old-fashioned Christmas".National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12294, v. 10 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

View over a curved balustrade and lawns toward the Washington Monument — 1923 From a White House fire escape, the view runs across the South Lawn to the Washington Monument, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 25376 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Families on a tree-shaded lawn with the White House behind — April 2, 1923 Children and parents at the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn, April 2, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12295, v. 3 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowded lawn framed by two big columns, the Washington Monument in the distance — April 2, 1923 Crowds roll eggs on the South Lawn at Easter 1923, seen between the columns of the White House south portico with the Washington Monument beyond.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12295, v. 3 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

An office stripped bare with floorboards up and workmen at work — June 25, 1923 Workmen lay new floors in the White House executive offices while the President is away, June 25, 1923.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12295, v. 5 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Cameramen with cine cameras on tripods filming a man by a car — 1924 Newsreel cameramen film a visitor outside the White House offices, 1924, with the State, War and Navy Building behind.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-7961 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd below the steps of the White House — 1924 A crowd in cloche hats and overcoats packs the drive below the White House steps as President Coolidge waves, 1924.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8132 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Lines of Boy Scouts with flags marching past a crowd, a white building behind — 1924 Boy Scouts carrying flags march past crowds in the 1924 parade opening Forest Protection Week, reviewed by President Coolidge. place probableHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8218 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of children with balloons before the White House — 1924 Children and parents crowd the White House lawn for the Easter egg roll, 1924.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-8227 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

The White House glimpsed through snowy trees and branches — April 1, 1924 Snow lies on the White House grounds, seen through bare branches in 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 29951 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Rows of scouts with flags marching before spectators — April 21, 1924 Boy Scouts parade before a crowd, April 21, 1924. place probableNational Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 30055 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd on the path before the White House north front — August 30, 1924 Crowds outside the White House hoping to see the Prince of Wales, August 30, 1924.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F81- 32175 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two men standing at tall iron gates in the snow — c. 1920–30 A policeman and a visitor at the White House gate in the snow, 1920s.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12359-1C <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Two men in overcoats playing in snow beside a sentry box — January 1925 Secretary of Labor James Davis and Secretary of War John Weeks throw snowballs at the White House during a snowstorm, January 1925.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-9325 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Cameramen with tripods outside a white portico — March 1925 Newsreel and press cameramen wait at the White House offices.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H234- A-9522 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd with umbrellas outside a low white building, a large ornate building behind — March 5, 1925 A crowd with umbrellas waits outside the White House offices on a wet March 5, 1925, the day after Coolidge's inauguration, with the State, War and Navy Building behind.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 34636 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd and motor cars by a gatehouse with the White House behind bare trees — April 8, 1925 Easter crowds and parked cars outside the White House offices, April 1925.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 35052 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

The north front of the White House behind snow-laden trees — c. 1927–28 The White House under snow, 1927 or 1928.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-2506 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd beside a white building with cars in front — 1928 Crowds and parked cars outside the White House offices, 1928.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-2663 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A lawn and fountain with the Washington Monument rising above the trees beyond — 1929 The Washington Monument rises over the trees beyond the fountain on the White House South Lawn, 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 42557 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A snowy White House glimpsed between two dark columns — 1929 The White House in the snow, framed between two massive columns, 1929.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3230 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Smiling women and a small child in a sleigh beside a coachman outside a columned porch — 1929 Grace Coolidge sits wrapped in rugs in a horse-drawn sleigh with a child and friends outside the White House in the snow of 1929.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3232 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A packed crowd of men and women in hats, a fountain and the Washington Monument behind — 1929 A dense crowd in cloche hats and caps fills a lawn in 1929, a fountain playing and the Washington Monument rising beyond. place uncertainHarris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3312-5 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Empty stands among bare trees in a snowy park — February 21, 1929 The inaugural stands at the White House in the snow, February 21, 1929, a week before Hoover's inauguration.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, v. 2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People with umbrellas crowded on a wet pavement beside the White House — March 2, 1929 A crowd under umbrellas waits in the rain outside the White House offices to say goodbye to President Coolidge, March 2, 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LC-F8- 42270 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

People with umbrellas outside a white building — March 2, 1929 Crowds wait under umbrellas in the rain to say goodbye to President Coolidge outside the White House, March 2, 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, v. 2 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A line of uniformed officers in front of the White House south portico — May 3, 1929 The White House police force lined up in new uniforms on the south lawn, May 3, 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, v. 2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A uniformed policeman holding an opossum — May 6, 1929 Officer Snodgrass of the White House police with the newest Hoover pet, an opossum, May 1929.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, v. 2 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A man in a straw hat beside a wheeled popcorn and peanut cart on a street corner — August 31, 1929 Steve Vasilakas stands by his peanut and popcorn pushcart, a fixture in front of the White House, August 1929.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3573 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Firemen on a ladder against a burning building at night — December 24, 1929 Firemen on ladders at the West Wing of the White House during the Christmas Eve fire of 1929.Date checked: The Library's record says December 26, 1929, but the West Wing fire this photograph shows broke out on Christmas Eve, December 24.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, vol. 4, p. 18 <item> [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Men walking on a damaged roof with a flagpole — January 1930 Inspecting the burned roof of the White House offices after the fire, January 1930.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3784 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Piles of wreckage beside a damaged building with workmen — January 15, 1930 Debris from the West Wing fire piled on the executive office grounds, January 1930.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3781 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

Steel framework and a crane over a building under repair — February 1, 1930 Reconstruction of the fire-damaged executive offices, February 1, 1930.National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress · LOT 12299, v. 4 [item] [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A dense crowd of children on a lawn with the Washington Monument behind — April 21, 1930 Thousands of children roll Easter eggs on the White House south lawn, April 21, 1930, with the Washington Monument beyond.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3960 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

A crowd of children and adults below the White House south portico — April 21, 1930 President Hoover greets children at the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn, April 21, 1930.Harris & Ewing Collection, Library of Congress · LC-H2- B-3963 [P&P] · No known restrictions on publication

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