New gates erected at White House to prevent careless and tipsy drivers from crashing through. Washington, D.C., Sept. 10. Mistaking the gates to west entrance of the White House grounds for a roadway, many careless and tipsy motorists have crashed through them to their sorrow. Workmen are now replac
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,047 × 7,926 pixels
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Reason: Harris & Ewing collection, given to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions.
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"New gates erected at White House to prevent careless and tipsy drivers from crashing through. Washington, D.C., Sept. 10. Mistaking the gates to west entrance of the White House grounds for a roadway, many careless and tipsy motorists have crashed through them to their sorrow. Workmen are now replac" (1937). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_gates_erected_at_White_House_to_prevent_careless_and_tipsy_drivers_from_crashing_through._Washington,_D.C.,_Sept._10._Mistaking_the_gates_to_west_entrance_of_the_White_House_grounds_for_LCCN2016872310.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 290364.
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