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The Eisenhowers' Bedroom
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- NARA
The Eisenhowers' Bedroom
Creator: Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, 1953.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower's bedroom was decorated with pink flower patterns. Mrs. Eisenhower loved pink and popularized the color so much so that it began to be called "Mamie pink."
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