Collection The 2018 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....
Reporters at the president's desk in 1945
- Date of Work
- 1945
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- National Archives and Records Administration
Reporters at the president's desk in 1945
The spacious press room provided a welcome change from crowded gatherings of reporters around the President's desk in the Oval Office as seen in 1945.
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