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A Look Back: A Policeman Standing Guard at the White House in the Early 1900s

Take a look back in time to the early 1900s with this photo of a policeman standing guard at the entrance to the White House, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
Robert Mills's original design for the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.
Lafayette Park seen from the Old Executive Office Building in 1919 (RU007355 - Martin A. Gruber Photograph Collection, 1919-1924, Smithsonian Institution Archives )
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Here’s a great photo from around the turn of the century. It’s of a policeman, standing guard in front of the White House, taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Policeman standing guard at entrance to White House
Policeman standing guard at entrance to White House
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