• President's Dining Room, Gerald R. Ford Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Nelson Brown
    Joseph D. Lavenburg
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room was taken by National Geographic Service photographers in January 1975 during the Gerald R. Ford administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family.
  • President's Dining Room, Lyndon B. Johnson Administration
    George F. Mobley
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    china
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room was taken by George F. Mobley of the National Geographic Service in May 1964 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. The deep purple china picked out by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln is set at the table along with two silver candlesticks purchased by President James Monroe.
  • Red Room Prepared for an Afternoon Party
    Tom Nebbia
    Red Room
    State Floor
    china
    silverware
    This photograph of a White House butler preparing the Red Room for a party was taken by Tom Nebbia of the National Geographic Service in August 1960 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The Red Room is one of three state parlors on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion named after a color, with the designated red dating as far back as 1845 and the James K. Polk administration. Hanging over the mantel is a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson along with a portrait of President William McKinley on the far wall. Teacups from the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration are set on a table in the foreground along with a silver tea service.
  • President's Dining Room, John F. Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room was taken by George F. Mobley of the National Geographic Service in March 1963 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy saw the need for a second floor dining room that this room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family.
  • President's Dining Room, Gerald R. Ford Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Nelson Brown
    Joseph D. Lavenburg
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room was taken by National Geographic Service photographers in January 1975 during the Gerald R. Ford administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. President Ford and his wife, First Lady Betty Ford, later updated this room to brighten it up and bring in light.
  • President's Dining Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room by Peter Vitale was taken in 2007 during the George W. Bush administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. President and Mrs. Bush refurbished the room in 2005 and decorated the room with Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed.
  • President's Dining Room, John F. Kennedy Administration
    Unknown
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    china
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room was taken in 1961 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until First Lady Jackie Kennedy saw the need for a second floor dining room that this room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. Eight dishes of the deep purple china picked out by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln are set at the table.