Collection The Kennedy Rose Garden
It's hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president and...
Rose Garden Saucer Magnolia
- Photographer
- Bruce White
- Credit
- Bruce White for the White House Historical Association
Rose Garden Saucer Magnolia
A Rose Garden saucer magnolia outside the Oval Office.
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