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President Taft's Cow, Pauline Wayne, on the Lawn of the State, War, and Navy Building ca. 1909. Previous cows served primarily as milk producers at the Executive Mansion, but Pauline was adored beyond her role as a dairy source. She shared the White House stables with Taft’s presidential carriage horses, as well as the White House’s first fleet of cars.
Biographies & Portraits
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
Biographies & Portraits
White House history and American baseball history have been intertwined for more than a century, creating a rich legacy of...
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for...
Two of the youngest presidents to reside in the White House brought their families and a menagerie of pets along...
Animals -- whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays -- have long been a major part of...
First pets are a popular attraction at the White House Egg Roll. Canine attendees of the event have included a...
White House history and American baseball history have been intertwined for more than a century, creating a rich legacy of...
Family life in the Roosevelt White House was lively and often hectic. In 1933, when FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) moved...