Collection Dining in the Executive Mansion
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Old Kitchen
- Photographer
- Frances Benjamin Johnston
- Date of Work
- ca. 1891
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Old Kitchen
The old kitchen in the White House basement, c. 1891.
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