Collection The Kennedys and the Arts
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
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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.
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the arts endures as a vital part of th...
In 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy resolved to make the White House a “living museum” by restoring the historic integrity of the...
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I) WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1 1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne 5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert...
Pierre Charles L'Enfant selected the site for the President's House and proposed a grand palace four times larger than the...
James Hoban, the original architect of the President's House, intended that the space now called the "Green Room" be used...
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeA Special Space Lost and Found: Images of Abraham Lincoln's White House Stables, Clifford Krainik...
Nellie Arthur, daughter of President Chester Arthur, did not like the White House when she first took residence there in 1881....
The White House celebrates many holiday traditions, some of which are historic and others more recent. New arrivals to the...
"I wanted to let future generations know the man for what he was, a metaphor of America at a crossroads,...
The first known image of the White House was a daguerreotype taken in 1846, during the administration of President James K....
April showers might bring May flowers, but White House florists keep the Executive Mansion in bloom year-round. Today the White...