Preparations for an East Room Wedding Reception

This photograph taken on June 11, 1971 by Karl Schumacher shows preparations for the wedding reception of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox in the East Room of the White House. Their wedding -- which took place the next day -- was the 16th documented wedding to take place at the White House and the first to be held in the Rose Garden or outdoors. Nixon was the eldest daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Approximately 400 guests watched the first daughter marry Edward Cox, then a law student, in the Rose Garden the following day.