The White House, East Entrance - Washington D. C., Maryland - Vintage Postcard

Front: The White House, East Entrance
Back: 3023. - WHITE HOUSE, EAST FRONT, WASHINGTON . The White House has been the home of the Presidents from the time of John Adams to the present. Washington selected the site, laid the cornersione in 1702 and with his wife inspected the fin:
building in 1799. The building is of Virginia freestone. After the house had been fired by British troops in 1814, and only the walls were left standing, the restored exterior was painted white to ob. literate the marks of the fire. 
Mailed: Postmark in 1909, green one cent Benjamin Franklin stamp
Condition: Great with some aging  
Publisher: Foster & Reynolds 
Color hand tinted

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