Collection The 2020 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
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Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, by Daniel Huntington (1816-1809), was commissioned for the White House in 1880 by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Lucy Webb Hayes was a popular first lady and the first with public cause, in this case abstinence from alcohol. She won the praise of the temperance advocates as well as those favoring women's rights. Mrs. Hayes sat for the portrait in the artist's studio in New York just before Christmas 1880, when the pencil-on-paper sketch was made by the artist. The completed portrait (87 1/8 x 54 3/4 in.), monumental scale, was hung in the East Room three months later.
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
The collection of fine art at the White House has evolved and grown over time. The collection began with mostly...
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
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
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
Who takes care of the thousands of historic artifacts in the White House, cataloguing and preserving everything from presidential portraits...
Portrait artists have captured the image and personality of our presidents throughout history, providing a record of their time in...
James Archer AbbottJames Archer Abbott currently serves as the Executive Director of the Lewes Historical Society in Lewes, Delaware. A...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
Luncheon PresentersRandolph ChurchillRandolph Churchill was born shortly before the death of his great-grandfather, Sir Winston Churchill, in January 1965. After attending...