THE WHITE HOUSE, ON PENNSYLVANIA AV. HAS BEEN THE HOME OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS SINCE JOHN ADAMS TIME - IN 1792 WASHINGTON SELECTED THE SITE. WAS FIRED BY BRITISH IN 1814. RESTORED AND WALLS WHITENED. IN 1902-3 ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS WERE MADE.
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA
(American, 1903–1910)
1908
Medium/TechniqueHalftone lithograph in sepia on card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.8771
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPostcards
Collections
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA
about 1905
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA
1908
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA
1908
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA
1908
M.T. Sheahan, Boston, MA