Video Commodore Stephen Decatur Luncheon - January 5, 2021
Since 2010, the White House Historical Association has been based in historic Decatur House on Lafayette Square in Washington, DC. Each...
Voltmar Kurt Wentzel and His Portrayal of Washington by Night: White House History (Number 27) - Photo 10
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- Abbott-Levy Collection, Museum of Modern Art.
Voltmar Kurt Wentzel and His Portrayal of Washington by Night: White House History (Number 27) - Photo 10
Eugène Atget, “Maison Close, Petite Place,” 1921, albumen silver print.
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