White House takes on Christmas dress. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Workmen were busily engaged today putting the Christmas decorations on the front of the White House. The decorations are set ablaze with gayly colored lights on Christmas Eve at the same time President Roosevelt presses the switch to l
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- Date
- 1939
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 9,996 × 7,951 pixels
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"White House takes on Christmas dress. Washington, D.C., Dec. 19. Workmen were busily engaged today putting the Christmas decorations on the front of the White House. The decorations are set ablaze with gayly colored lights on Christmas Eve at the same time President Roosevelt presses the switch to l" (1939). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_takes_on_Christmas_dress._Washington,_D.C.,_Dec._19._Workmen_were_busily_engaged_today_putting_the_Christmas_decorations_on_the_front_of_the_White_House._The_decorations_are_set_LCCN2016876785.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 300123.
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