From the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies

Category: White House

Creative Expression White House

Silent Sentinels and Scandalous Radicals: Suffragettes Take D.C.

Post author By GW Museum
Post date May 18, 2023

A black and white photograph showing women in long dresses marching with the American flag.

Lee Anne Spear, M.A. ’23, Museum Studies

Creative Expression White House

200 Years of Tourism: The White House

Post author By GW Museum
Post date February 15, 2023

Colored print of the White House, a dirt road passes in the foreground. — Aquatint engraving of a rare early view showing the north façade of the White House without the portico which was added shortly later by Andrew Jackson. It also shows the terraces on the right and left sides added by Thomas Jefferson (AS 500).

Lee Anne Spear, M.A. ’23, Museum Studies

Collection Spotlight Presidents White House

Easter Egg Roll at the White House: A Time Capsule of America’s Racial and Religious History

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 14, 2022

Black and white photo of a man in a suit jacket and pants with a young girl in a dress and hat, in front of the White House. — Printed postcard showing the White House grounds on Easter Monday in 1898. Photo originally taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952). Albert H Small Washingtoniana Collection AS 957.

Emma Cieslik, M.A. ’23, Museum Studies