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Main Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C., circa 1948

Subject
Interiors
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1948 (Chrome)
Front of Main Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C., circa 1948, The White House, DC, USA, c. 1948 chrome postcard
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Back of Main Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C., circa 1948, The White House, DC, USA, c. 1948 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

View across the Main Entrance Hall of the White House, looking toward a doorway crowned by the presidential seal, with tall fluted columns, cut-glass chandeliers, gilt torchères, potted palms and a red carpet over a patterned parquet floor. The caption calls the mansion the oldest public structure in Washington and a "perfect example of the late Eighteenth Century Renaissance," wording that likely points to the neoclassical style James Hoban gave the building before it was first occupied in 1800. Public tours of the Executive Mansion passed through this hall, and the sender's note of a quick flight down and back within the same week fits the postwar years, when air travel put Washington within easy reach of Midwestern visitors.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Am seeing the sights at Washington D.C., and haveing a lot of fun. Flew out on Wed. & am flying back Friday. The weather here is awful rainy + bad. your Grandson Gary Gary Cherrard had trips to Washington a new postage stamp

PublisherWashington Novelty, Inc.
MAIN ENTRANCE HALL AT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C. The oldest public structure in Washington. It is a perfect example of the late Eighteenth Century Renaissance.
PostmarkedWashington, DC
Stamp
Addressed to
Mr. W.T. Baker

Weldon, IL

Postcard record

PostmarkedWashington, DC
PublisherWashington Novelty, Inc.
SeriesC10491
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMr. W.T. Baker, Weldon, IL
Place depictedThe White House, DC
Place mentionedThe White House, Washington, DC
Stamp3c Peter Stuyvesant, issued 1948, perforated on all sides
NotesGlossy chrome-finish card with a thin white border; light edge and corner wear, no printed text on the picture side. Back printed with the caption "MAIN ENTRANCE HALL AT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, D.C." plus descriptive text; photo credit A. Devaney; series C10491. Published for Washington Novelty Inc., Washington, D.C., by Natural Color, Mike Roberts, Berkeley 2, Calif. Faint pencil dealer price code (52) on the reverse. Postmark: WASHINGTON D.C. (date illegible). Divided-back chrome-era card with 3¢ 1948 Volunteer Firemen stamp; light edge/corner wear, faint creasing.

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Main Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C., circa 1948, postcard, c. 1948. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-entrance-hall-white-house-washington-d-c-circa-1948. Accessed November 2, 2026.