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1848 View From the President’s House

View from the White House in 1848, looking at the Capitol Building.

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Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn
Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn

This is a great print from 1848, showing the view looking south and west from the White House.

Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn
Washington, from the presidents house: vue de Washington, prise de la maison du president / Washington vom hause des prasidenten gesehn (Library of Congress)

Update: Oops, a reader caught our mistake. This is east, not west. I should have said south and left.

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Topics1840s · The White House

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