Preparing to Place Gilbert Stuart's George Washington in the East Room

This photograph shows the preparations made for the reframing and hanging of the White House portraits of George and Martha Washington in the East Room in October 2004. The Washington portrait's long life in the White House began in the State Dining Room. For many years it was in the Red Room. In 1873 it was moved to the East Room, and in 1902 it was moved back to the Red Room. First Lady Lou Henry Hoover moved it from the Red Room to the East Room in 1929, where it has remained.