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The Working White House
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The White House Historical Association has undertaken a research initiative called "Slavery in the President's Neighborhood." With this initiative, the Association seeks to tell the stories of the enslaved and free African Americans who built, lived, and worked at the White House, as well as the surrounding homes on Lafayette Park. While there are few written accounts of their experiences,
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White House History
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Melvin M. PaynePresident Kennedy's Rose Garden, Rachel Lambert MellonWhite House Album: History in the Camera's Eye, Oliver JensenThe Association's Twentieth Year, Nash CastroHistory in White House Silver, Joseph D. CarrStone Walls Preserved, James I. McDanielDocuments: A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul JenningsCommentary: The Washington of Paul Jennings, White House Slave, Free Man, and
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White House History
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Melvin M. PaynePresident Kennedy's Rose Garden, Rachel Lambert MellonWhite House Album: History in the Camera's Eye, Oliver JensenThe Association's Twentieth Year, Nash CastroHistory in White House Silver, Joseph D. CarrStone Walls Preserved, James I. McDanielDocuments: A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul JenningsCommentary: The Washington of Paul Jennings, White House Slave, Free Man, and
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From White House to Your House
Chicagos 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition gave us many firsts, among them the Ferris wheel, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, and the introduction by the U.S. Post Office Department of the picture post card. Printed on government-issued postal cards with an imprinted one-cent stamp were illustrations of the fairs structures. Privately printed souvenir cards were also sold that depicted the fairs attractions,
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The White House 1860
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Jefferson's White House Upgrades
Thomas Jefferson gave orders for the demolition of the outdoor wooden privy and had two water closets installed upstairs, one on each end of the house. He also had a wine cellar built just west of the house and called it an "ice house." Jefferson made changes to many of the fireplaces, including equipping the kitchen with its first iron