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  Photo The Chandeliers of the East Room - Photo 2

  A black and white photograph of the East Room decorated for Nellie Grant's wedding. Nellie married Algernon Sartoris in the...

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  Photo The Chandeliers of the East Room - Photo 4

  A color photograph of the East Room ca. 1938-1948.