This black and white photograph by Herbert E. French of the National Photo Company captures firefighters on ladders battling a fire that nearly consumed the West Wing on Christmas Eve 1929, during the administration of President Herbert Hoover. Smoke billows out of the upper windows and the stone over the other windows is deeply burned as the two firemen climb the ladders.
This black and white photograph by Herbert E. French of the National Photo Company captures firefighters on ladders battling a fire that nearly consumed the West Wing on Christmas Eve 1929, during the administration of President Herbert Hoover. Smoke billows out of the upper windows and the stone over the other windows is deeply burned as the two firemen climb the ladders.
