Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Arts in the Kennedy White House - Photo 5
- Date of Work
- 1962
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
Arts in the Kennedy White House - Photo 5
This photograph of the Blue Room was taken in 1962 after First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy redesigned it as a ceremonial room. She revamped the room with a French Empire style by using furnishings from the James Monroe administration.
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