Take a look back at a time when the White House was visible from the skies above. Due to restricted air space, this view of the White House is nearly impossible to get today.
Read this fascinating article from the Washington Post on December 8th, 1941 – the day after Pearl Harbor. Learn about the crowd that assembled outside the White House, angrily waiting for a sign of what was to come. Don’t forget to check out our post on what was happening in D.C. on the day of the attack!
This is such a bizarre story, not unlike the horse that impaled itself on the same fence. Read about the suicide of Edward Caton, as printed in the Baltimore Sun on October 11th, 1890, and we were able to dig up Edward Caton in the 1880 U.S. Census.
This is a great find from archive.org. We dug up an old home movie of a family’s visit to Washington and the White House. When you watch it, you’ll be shocked to see how different the times were (i.e., security compared to today was non-existent)
Source: The Internet Archive
A beautiful stereoscopic image of the President’s mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
View from the White House in 1848, looking at the Capitol Building.
Take a step back in time and view the White House front lawn in 1897 with this rare image from the Library of Congress. Get a glimpse of what it looked like over 100 years ago!
For 16 years the White House drank from Franklin Square, via a pipeline of hollowed logs running down 13th Street to the mansion.
Take a look at the history of concerts held on the White House South Lawn, from 1921 to 2009. See photos of the United States Marine Corps Band performing in 1921 and the Foo Fighters in 2009.
