Collection Dining in the Executive Mansion
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
The Green Room
- Date of Work
- 1909
- Medium
- Postcard
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
The Green Room
This circa 1904 tinted postcard produced by the Detroit Publishing Co. depicts the Green Room of the White House as it appeared after the 1902 Roosevelt renovation.
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