Collection Intrepid Innovation
The computer, the car, space travel. These technologies, while seemingly old hat now, are examples of monumental technological advancement. Even...
James Hoban's White House Reconstruction
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- National Park Service
James Hoban's White House Reconstruction
Demolition work in the entrance hall in 1950 exposed Hoban’s plaster cornice.
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