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Comfort in My Retirement; White House History (Number 33) - Photo 4
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- James K. Polk Ancestral Home Collection
Comfort in My Retirement; White House History (Number 33) - Photo 4
This previously unpublished photograph of the interior of Polk Place was taken near the time of Sarah Polk’s death in 1891. A number of furnishings depicted in this image, such as the mahogany coat rack, are now in the collection of the James K. Polk Ancestral Home.
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