Video White House History with Frank Sesno: Origins of the Televised Presidency
The White House Historical Association’s first lecture of the 2023 Quarterly Lecture Series, White House History with Frank Sesno, took pl...
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First Lady Johnson and Nash Castro, Assistant Director of the National Capital Region for the National Park Service and Liaison to the White House, review their beautification work near the Potomac River.
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum/NARAThe Johnson China Service was frequently used by successive presidents until the Ronald Reagan administration.
White House Historical AssociationPresident George H.W. Bush's Oval Office décor in April 1991.
White House Historical AssociationFormer first ladies sit with First Lady Barbara Bush at the dedication ceremony for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on November 4, 1991. From left to right: Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Nancy Reagan, First Lady Barbara Bush, Rosalynn Carter, and Betty Ford.
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum/NARAPresident George W. Bush's Oval Office décor. His favorite painting, "A Charge to Keep" by W.H.D. Koerner, hangs on the right.
White House Historical AssociationPresident George W. Bush presides over a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the renovated James S. Brady Press Room on July 11, 2007.
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum/NARAThe White House Library after refurbishment during the Bush administration.
White House Historical AssociationThe Family Movie Theater after refurbishment during the Bush administration.
White House Historical AssociationThe Lincoln Sitting Room after the completion of Mrs. Bush's renovation and restoration project.
White House Historical AssociationThe Lincoln Bedroom in 2005 after Mrs. Bush's renovation and restoration project.
White House Historical AssociationThe White House Historical Association’s first lecture of the 2023 Quarterly Lecture Series, White House History with Frank Sesno, took pl...
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