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"All Creatures Great and Small" Gingerbread House

This photograph shows the Official White House Gingerbread House on display in the State Dining Room for the 2002 holiday season. To complement First Lady Laura Welch Bush's holiday theme "All Creatures Great and Small," the gingerbread White House was populated with marzipan animals representing current and former presidential pets.
Photographer
Unknown
Date of Work
2002
Type
Photograph
Credit
Collection of Roland Mesnier
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