Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
The Wilsons' China
- Photographer
- Bruce M. White
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
The Wilsons' China
Creator: Lenox Inc., New Jersey, 1918.
The official china chosen by President and Mrs. Wilson was the first to be made in the United States. Previously, most presidential china was from France. Gold and deep blue bands surround the arms of the presidential seal on the dinner plates. This china was also the first to use the arms of the presidential seal instead of the arms of the Great Seal of the United States.
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