Collection Holiday Cheer at the White House
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
West Wing waiting room
- Date of Work
- 1946
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Harry S. Truman Library
West Wing waiting room
Working behind the scenes, many White House staffers are imbued with a “passion for anonymity.” They are frequently unidentified in historic photographs. An unidentified man at a desk in the West Wing waiting room in 1946.
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