The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with floors separated to reveal floorplans.

The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with floors separated to reveal floorplans.

Contested Play and Clean Water: McMillan Park, Race, and the Built Environment in Washington, D.C., 1900-1941

This study focuses on the intersection of the politics and culture of open public space with race relations in the United States from 1900 to 1941. The history of McMillan Park in Washington, D.C. serves as a lens to examine these themes. Ultimately, the park’s history, as documented in newspapers, interviews, reports, and photographs, reveals how white residents attempted to protect their dominance in a racial hierarchy through the control of both the physical and cultural elements of public recreation space. White use of discrimination through seemingly neutral desires to protect health, safety, and property values, establishes a congruence with their defense of residential property. Without similar access to legal methods, African Americans acted through direct action in gaps of governmental control. Their use of this space demonstrates how African-American residents of Washington and the United States contested their race, recreation, and spatial privileges in the pre-World War II era.

The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with floors separated to reveal floorplans.

Guide to trees and shrubs in the grounds of the Executive Mansion : [Washington D.C.] /

Trees and shrubs numbered.

The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with storeys separated to reveal floorplans.

The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with storeys artificially separated to reveal individual floorplans.

The White House : the White House, Washington, D.C. /

Aerial view with floors separated to reveal floorplans.

Part of "Widows Mite" lying in the co. of Washington D.C. ; The above 2 plats represent two separate parts of that portion of a tract of land called Josephs Park, lying in Montg. Co. Md. /

Both tracts border on Rock Creek.

[Map of the White House grounds, Washington D.C.].

Covers the area bounded by 17th, H, 15th streets N.W., and the Washington Canal.

[Location map of Kidwell's Meadows in the Potomac River estuary, Washington D.C.].

Covers marsh which later became part of West Potomac Park.

[Plan of the White House grounds, Washington D.C.].

Covers area bounded by 17th, H, 15th streets N.W., and the Tiber Creek shoreline.

[Rough survey map of the White House and grounds, Washington D.C.].

Shows White House and Treasury buildings and grounds in the condition of 1808 or later.

Wall n. west of Presidents House : [Washington D.C.].

Survey map.

Plan shewing the present & proposed directions of the Canal between 3d & 7th Street West on the Mall : [Washington D.C.] /

Ink and watercolor.