1907 Silver Spring Park Advertisement
What a cool old advertisement for Silver Spring Park, printed in The Washington Times on July 14th, 1907.
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What a cool old advertisement for Silver Spring Park, printed in The Washington Times on July 14th, 1907.
Seems odd that the President would sleep outside, but this was Washington before air conditioning. I’m sure it was miserable living here during the summer. Frankly, it still is pretty miserable during the summer. Source: Library of Congress
Here’s an advertisement for Bloomingdale homes from April 15th, 1906. This was printed in The Washington Times. Here are those Bloomingdale homes today.
Here’s a sad old photo from the Library of Congress. Source: Library of Congress
Truman Reconstruction of the White House between 1949 and 1952. See exterior photos of the renovation project
