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A Look Back: Incredible Photos of the White House Taken in 1950

Take a look back in time with these incredible photos of the White House taken in 1950. Click the link to see more photos taken by my grandfather with a Leica 111c 35mm camera.
Washington, D.C., early 1860s. "Treasury Department in Lincoln's time (Cash Room behind the desks)."
Looking eastward along the I-495 Capital Beltway in Virginia, east of Springfield, toward the Beltway bridge over the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) Railroad (today's CSX Railroad) in the distance. The highway was nearing completion but not yet open to traffic at this time. Notice that the roadway has three lanes, and that the roadway is paved with reinforced Portland cement concrete. When originally built, the Beltway in Virginia had six lanes (three each way) between I-95 at Springfield and across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and all the way through Maryland. This photo was taken in 1963 by the Virginia Department of Highways.
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This beautiful photo of the north side of the White House was taken in 1950. Click on it for more.

White House- Washington DC- circa 1950 Photographed by my grandfather with Leica 111c 35mm circa 1950
White House- Washington DC- circa 1950
Photographed by my grandfather with Leica 111c 35mm circa 1950

Source: Martin Archer on Flickr

Here’s another cool shot of the President’s House.

White House- Washington DC- circa 1950 Photographed by my grandfather with Leica 111c 35mm circa 1950
White House- Washington DC- circa 1950
Photographed by my grandfather with Leica 111c 35mm circa 1950

Source: Flickr

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