African Americans Enter Abraham Lincoln's White House, 1863-1865
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The Lincoln Bedroom As Used by Theodore Roosevelt
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The Lincoln Bedroom As Used by Theodore Roosevelt
View of the Lincoln Bedroom furniture as Theodore Roosevelt used it in the master bedroom, honoring the bed's tradition with gilded cornice and hangings.
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