Queens' Bedroom, John F. Kennedy Administration

This photograph of the Queens' Bedroom, called the Rose Guest Room during the John F. Kennedy administration, was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on May 3, 1962. The Queens Bedroom is captured in the early stages of the redecoration completed under the guidance of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The redecoration of the Queens Bedroom, as well as several other rooms in the White House, was part of Mrs. Kennedy's restoration project. Above the mantel is a trumeau, a mirror and painting framed together that was presented to President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman by Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, on behalf of her father, King George VI of Great Britain, during her visit to Washington, D.C. in 1951. This trumeau features a still life of flowers and fruit and a three-part mirror with a gilded frame. The Queens' Bedroom is named for the royal guests that have stayed there in the White House, including five queens: Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Queen Wilhelmina, and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and Queen Frederika of Greece.