White House, viewed from across the south lawn, Washington (D.C.), 1947

Item Overview

Title

White House, viewed from across the south lawn, Washington (D.C.), 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Architect

Hoban, James, approximately 1762-1831
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852

Date Created

October, 1947

Date

1947-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

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)

Caption

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

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

White House (Washington, D.C.)

Location

Washington (D.C.)

Longitude

38.895336

Latitude

-77.036552

Resource type

still image

Subjects

President’s Park (Washington, D.C.)