Aerial view showing the Ellipse in the foreground before the White House. The red-tile-roof building is the U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.

ID: 3013 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer ~ Date: [between 1980 and 2006]
This file appears in: The White House
Aerial view showing the Ellipse in the foreground before the White House. The red-tile-roof building is the U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington, D.C.
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