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A Rare Look at the White House Before the Truman Renovation

This is a rare glimpse at the White House as viewed from the South Lawn before the Truman renovation. Check out this amazing photo from the Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection.

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South view of the White House and South Portico photographed by Charles Cushman in summer 1938, before the Truman renovation
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This is a great find. It shows the White House as viewed from the South Lawn in 1938, ten years before the structural survey that condemned the interior and triggered the four-year 1949-1952 Truman renovation.

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the White House (Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection)

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Topics1940s · Politics · The White House

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