Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Oval Office During George H. W. Bush Administration
Oval Office During George H. W. Bush Administration
Creator: Erik Kvalsvik, April 1991.
The George H. W. Bush Oval Office, decorated in blue, gold, and ivory. The oval carpet was blue with a gold and ivory Presidential Seal in the middle. The draperies were steel blue. Two new cream-colored sofas were added, and the armchairs on either side of the president's desk, which had been in the Oval Office since the Hoover administration, were recovered in blue.
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