Mrs. Carter and Chef Raffert View 1979 Gingerbread House
In this photograph taken by Warren K. Leffler, First Lady Rosalynn Carter and White House Assistant Executive Chef Hans Raffert view a gingerbread house in the State Dining Room of the White House on December 10, 1979. Chef Raffert created his first German A-frame gingerbread house for the Nixon White House holiday decorations in 1969, where they subsequently became an annual tradition. Even after the A-frame design was no longer used, Raffert's skills were often used to create the Official White House Gingerbread House until his retirement in 1992.
- Photographer
- Warren K. Leffler
- Date of Work
- Decemebr 10, 1979
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- Library of Congress