Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
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This image shows the detail on the handle of a neoclassical silver coffeepot made by French silversmith Jacques-Henri Fauconnier before 1833. It was part of a 130-piece silver service that President Andrew Jackson purchased from the Russian minister to the United States, Baron de Tuyll.
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
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At the 1896 Republican Convention, in time of depression, the wealthy Cleveland businessman Marcus Alonzo Hanna ensured the nomination of his...
"Nellie" Herron was born in 1861, and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied music with enthusiasm, attending a private school...
There was no inaugural ball in 1877. When Rutherford B. Hayes and his wife left Ohio for Washington, the outcome of...
Martin Van Buren never remarried after his wife, Hannah, died on February 5, 1819. He entered the White House in 1837 as a...
A "Great Society" for the American people was the vision of Lyndon Johnson. As president, he obtained passage of one...
Only about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, but trim and erect, Martin Van Buren dressed fastidiously. His impeccable appearance belied his amiability...
At his inauguration, James Madison, a small, wizened man, appeared old and worn; Washington Irving described him as "but a...
Often referred to as the first "dark horse" president, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit...
Born in 1803, Sarah Childress grew up on a plantation near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Elder daughter of a Captain, she gained something...
The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Grover Cleveland was the only president to leave the White House and...