Collection The Kennedys and the Arts
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
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Portrait of Major Gist Blair by Ossip Perelma, 1920.
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
Biographies & Portraits
Biographies & Portraits
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath...
Through Ronald Reagan's eight years in office, the cold war came to an end, the country seemed to regain its...
Daughter of the richest man in a small town, Florence Mabel Kling was born in Marion, Ohio, in 1860, and grew...
A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the...
During the 1992 presidential campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton observed, "Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are...
Bill Clinton could fairly claim that his presidency had been among the most successful in modern times. He presided over...
For half a century she was the most important woman in the social circles of America. To this day she...