Collection Animal Ambassadors
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
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Alice Roosevelt with a family parrot, ca. 1904.
Library of CongressKermit Roosevelt holding his rat terrier Jack, ca. 1902.
Isabella Hagner James Papers, The White HousePresident Roosevelt frolics with Rollo, his St. Bernard, ca. 1906.
Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard UniversityPresident Theodore Roosevelt and family, 1907.
Library of CongressKennedy family at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, 1963.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARACaroline Kennedy's pet ducks march toward the pond on the South Grounds of the White House.
White House Historical AssociationJohn Kennedy, Caroline, and John Jr. with Macaroni outside the Oval Office, 1962.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARAMixed breed Pushinka with her pups on the White House lawn, 1963.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum/NARAAbout this Gallery
Two of the youngest presidents to reside in the White House brought their families and a menagerie of pets along with them. A pony, sheep, dogs, cats, a macaw, guinea pigs, rats, a snake, and many more animal friends lived at the Theodore Roosevelt White House. The family of John F. Kennedy brought pet hamsters Debbie and Billie; a gray cat, Tom Kitten; and a canary, Robin, to the White House. Eventually, ponies Macaroni and Tex; Pushinka; Welsh terrier Charley; German shepherd Clipper; cocker spaniel Shannon; parakeets Maybelle and Bluebell; and Wolf, an Irish wolfhound, would come and go.
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an "egg roll" party. Held on the South...
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Two of the youngest presidents to reside in the White House brought their families and a menagerie of pets along...
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of...
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for...