John W. Ficklin & Johnny Johnson in the Presidents Dining Room
In this photograph White House butlers John W. Ficklin and Johnny Johnson set the table in the President's Dining Room with china from the state service of President Benjamin Harrison. George F. Mobley captured this photograph in March 1963 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The President's Dining Room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. The dining room also features sideboards decorated with the silver and a Jean Zuber & Co. wallpaper depicting scenes from the American Revolution and natural landmarks.
- Photographer
- George F. Mobley
- Date of Work
- March 1963
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
