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East Room with Visiting Tourists, Second Grover Cleveland Administration

This circa 1890s black and white photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston depicts visiting tourists in the East Room of the White House during the second administration of President Grover Cleveland. New Grecian decorations had been added by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1873. In the 19th-century the East Room became one of the most famous rooms in the United States and was a premier destination for visitors to the capital.
Photographer
Frances Benjamin Johnston
Date of Work
1890s
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Collection/White House Historical Association