Collection Preservation of the White House
In the 1960s, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the task of restoring the White House interiors and thus founded the...
President Eisenhower sets up his grill
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- Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
President Eisenhower sets up his grill
President Dwight D. Eisenhower set up his portable grill in the area on the balcony outside of the Solarium. Note the heavy stone balustrade that bands the Solarium, 1959.
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