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White House

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  • 5 older comments, and then…
  • Charles Bell said:
    How did they do color in 1860? This is amazing. I bet the almost flat roof leaked like a lot of churches still do. Where are these statues now?? I really like the way the grounds used to look. It had dignity.
  • Silent Pull said:
    I think this was hand colored...
  • [ Noktor-Matic ] said:
    was this glass plate film? if it was then it was hand painted
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    The White House – Then and Now (150 years later)

    "White House (2007)"           by Ivan Makarov
    The White House


    "White House (c.1860)"     by E.B. Thompson
    White House
  • altamons said:
    Amazing shot you found here, and I like the way you compared it to modern. Nicely done! -- Seen in your shots. (?)

View of the Mall

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  • wclaytong said:
    This was taken from Arlington Experimental Farms rather than St. Elizabeth's Hospital. The tower of the Old Post Office is visible to the left of the Washington Monument and the Capitol to its right - an orientation that requires viewing from West of the Mall. Viewing from St. Elizabeth's (south of the Mall) the Post Office would be between the Monument and Capitol building. An image search for USDA Arlington Experimental Farm returns an almost identical view. The Pentagon was first proposed to be built on this site which is how it came to have a 5 sided design.

Old Capitol Prison

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  • Michael Donovan said:
    And it was were the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination were held before their execution,

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