Harris & Ewing, photographer. Nation's Christmas tree ready to be lighted. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. The Nation's community Christmas tree across from the White House in Lafayette Square, is now in readiness for President Roosevelt to push the switch on Christmas Eve to set it aglow with gayly colored lights. Miss Mable White is pictured feeding the pigeons before the tree today, 12/22/38. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016874582/>.