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James Hoban: Architect of the White House

Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeImagining James Hoban, William BushongWhite House Irish Counterparts, Desmond GuinnessThe Second City in British Dominions: Dublin in the Later Eighteenth Century, Holger HoockGeorge Washington's Bow Window, Edward Lawler Jr.James Hoban: Builder of the White House, William SealeFour Places in Dublin, photography by Bruce M. WhiteBuy NowSubscribe to White House History

Kennedy's Rose Garden

Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeFrom the White House to River Farm: The Story of the Northeast Gates, Tom UnderwoodThe Ellipse: The Nineteenth-Century Evolution of the White Lot, Peter R. PenczerThe East Garden: Beatrix Jones Farrand and a Painterly Landscape Design for Ellen Axson Wilson, Mac GriswoldThe West Garden: A Succession of Ideas, William SealeRachel Lambert Mellon's Redesign of the White

Life in the Lincoln White House: Part I

Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeTad Lincoln and His Tutor, Alexander Williamson, Elizabeth Smith BrownsteinMusic in Lincoln's White House, Elise K. KirkPhotographs of the Lincoln White House, Lydia TederickA Gallery of Individuals Major and Minor from Lincoln's Time in the White HouseThe Locomotive Tea Set: A Gift from France, John H.White Jr. Buy Now Subscribe to White House History

Life in the Lincoln White House: Part II

Read Digital EditionAbraham Lincoln's White House, Harold HolzerThe Other White House, William SealeThe White House and Lincoln's Assassination, Anthony S. PitchThe Lincoln Bedroom: Refurbishing a Famous White House Room, William G. AllmanPhotographs of Indian Delegates in the President's "Summer House," Clifford Krainik and Michele KrainikBuy NowSubscribe to White House History

Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture

Read Digital VersionForeword, William SealeThe Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War, Morgan BlattenbergThe Mamie Look: The Americanness of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower’s Off-the-Rack Fashions, Kristen A. HunterThe Jackie Look: Oleg Cassini and the Creation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Signature Style, Haley M. RiveroTeardrops of the Moon: Memories of Desi

Military Roles and the White House

Foreword: Steeped in Tradition by Marcia Mallet AndersonNational Archives Feature: John Adams Nominates George Washington to Be Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the Armies by Jessie KratzThe Old Fife and Drum Corps at the White House: Providing the Soundtrack to America’s Story by Ross D. Andrews, J. Mark Reilly, and William E. White Jr.By Authority of th

Nature and Wildlife in the President's Park

Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeAnimal Fantasies and Fables in Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks, Jonathan GrossButterflies in Art and Flight at the White House, William KlossWhite House Squirrels: "Both Pets and Pests", Jonathan PliskaTheodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, and the Environmentalist Movement, Robert K. MusilThe Story of Thanksgiving at the White House, William BushongPresident Andrew Johnson's Grizzly Bear Chair: A Gift from

On the Move

Foreword: On the Move by Marcia Mallet AndersonMoving On: The President’s Household Sets Sail for the City of Washington by Alan CappsThe Marquis de Lafayette’s Return to the United States, 1824–1825 by Richard F. GrimmettJoanna Rucker’s Extended Stay in the Polk White House and the Nation’s Capital: A First Lady’s Niece Records Her Experience in Nineteenth-Century Washington,

Photographing the White House

Foreword: Photographing the President's House by Marcia Anderson Privileged Access: The Earliest Photographs of White House Interiors by Clifford Krainik The White House in 1889: The Discovery of Walter Hussey's Glass-Plate Negatives by Richard Hussey The Ultimate Insiders: White House Chief Photographers by Kenneth T. Walsh A Photographer Remembers: My Brief Career as a Washington, D.C. Street Photographer in the 1950