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Members of the Sioux Tribe from South Dakota, including Chief Spotted Crow, and Evangeline Girls from Louisiana stand near the White House as both groups wait to call on the President, March 6, 1929.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Wives and children of political prisoners came to Washington to appeal to the president for the release of their husbands and fathers. They stand in front of the White House with their protest banners, April 29, 1922.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
George Marshall, dean of the taxidermists at the National Museum, stands with some of the historic White House trophies that he is renovating. Best known is the large moose head, center, which hung in the State Dining Room during Theodore Roosevelt's administration, May 5, 1923.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
White House policeman Edgar E. Porter was detailed to care for all of the lost and strayed children during the annual Easter egg roll at the White House, April 2, 1923.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Members of President Harding's Cabinet take their places on the White House lawn for an official portrait of their first Cabinet meeting, 1921.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
On his first day in office, President Hoover steps out of the West Wing to greet visitors who have come to wish him well, March 5, 1929.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
President Wilson stands with two military aides at the North entrance of the White House, 1913.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
President and Mrs. Coolidge try on skis on the White House lawn as members of the National Ski Association look on, December 18, 1924.
Library of Congress, National Photo Company CollectionAbout this Gallery
During the administrations of Presidents Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover, the National Photo Company provided extensive coverage of events at the White House and throughout Washington, DC. The National Photo Company was a local agency that supplied photographs of current news events in Washington, D.C. as a daily service to its subscribers. The company's photos captured many historic and candid moments at the White House covering a variety of subjects: noteworthy visitors to the White House, New Year's receptions, inaugurations, Easter Egg Rolls, White House workers, presidential families, and restoration work. The Library of Congress acquired the photographic files of the National Photo Company from the proprietor of the collection, Herbert E. French in 1947.
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