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The 2016 White House Christmas ornament honors the administration of the thirty-first president of the United States Herbert Hoover, who served...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill along with Roosevelt's Joint Chiefs of Staff pose for a photograph outside of the White House, May 24, 1943.
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, converse with President Truman, First Lady Bess Truman and their daughter Margaret Truman during a portrait shoot on October 31, 1951.
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President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower greet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their arrival at the North Portico.
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dressed for a State Dinner, pose at the Grand Staircase, October 17, 1957.
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President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold McMillan (front row center) pose in the Rose Garden with their ministers, delegates, and advisers after a series of talks on world affairs, April 8, 1961.
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson with Princess Margaret of Great Britain and her husband Anthony Armstong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowden, pose before photographers in the Queens Bedroom, November 17, 1965.
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President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson walk through White House cross hall with guest of honor, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, June 1967.
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Prince Charles and Princess Anne of Great Britain (left) chat with Tricia Nixon (center) and Julie and David Eisenhower.
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President Gerald R. Ford acknowledges the toast of Queen Elizabeth II during a state dinner, July 7, 1976.
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President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter walk with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher out of the Yellow Oval Room, December 17, 1979.
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President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan chat with Prince Charles, and Princess Diana in the East Sitting Hall, November 9, 1985.
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The Marine Band provides after-dinner music for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Nancy Reagan encouraged actor John Travolta to dance with Princess Diana to music from Saturday Night Fever, November 9, 1985.
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President George H. W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush welcome Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on the North Portico for a state dinner in their honor, May 1991.
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First Lady Hillary Clinton and Princess Diana chat in the Map Room, June 18, 1997.
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President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton pose with Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie Blair in the North Entrance prior to a state dinner, February 5, 1998.
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President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush welcome Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, upon their arrival to the North Portico of the White House for a State Dinner, May 7, 2007.
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President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush welcome British Prime Minister Tony Blair to the White House, May 16, 2007.
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