Collection State Dinners
A State Dinner honoring a visiting head of government or reigning monarch is one of the grandest and most glamorous...
1943 press room floor plan
- Date of Work
- 1943
- Credit
- The White House Collection
1943 press room floor plan
A ground floor plan made in 1943 shows the location of the Press Room in the northwest corner of the West Wing and the swimming pool in its original location at the center of the West Terrace
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