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The Eisenhower Grandchildren

The Eisenhower Grandchildren

Credit: NARA

Creator: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, 1953.

The White House has always been a place for children. David and Barbara Ann Eisenhower are pictured here riding their tricycles by the south portico of the White House. They also watched movies with their grandmother, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, in the East Wing theatre.

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