Front view of the White House from the north, its portico columns and pediment framed by trees, an American flag flying above the roofline and a circular flower bed with a fountain on the lawn. The north front faced Pennsylvania Avenue and served as the main public entrance during Theodore Roosevelt's administration, when this card was mailed.
The sender wrote of "having a nice time" while away and posted the card from Staunton, Virginia, to a recipient in Durbin, a small town in the mountains of Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Having a nice time at Corr, now
[illegible]
We arrived all received by fate
[illegible]
[illegible] to his own
White border; pastel-tinted lithographic coloring. Handwritten message in pencil across the lower front margin.
Postmark: STAUNTON VA. MAR 27 3-PM 1907. Receiving mark: DURBIN MAR 28 4 PM 1907 REC'D. Undivided back ('This side for the Address'), white border, 1c Franklin green stamp. Address originally began 'Mrs' in purple ink; struck through and rewritten in pencil.
Cite this card
The White House, Washington, D.C., 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-white-house-washington-d-c-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
