• First Lady Betty Ford and Susan Ford Play with Misty
    Karl Schumacher
    winter holidays
    Christmas
    pets
    Solarium
    Third Floor
    In this photograph, First Lady Betty Ford plays with a golden retriever puppy named Misty, the offspring of the Fords' golden retriever Liberty. Mrs. Ford's daughter, Susan Ford, is holding Misty. Behind them is a tree decorated with homemade ornaments and trimmings. Karl Schumacher took this photo in Solarium on November 10, 1975, during a photo opportunity for Parade Magazine. The Solarium is a private, Third Floor room used by the First Family to rest, relax, and step away from the pressures of life in the White House.
  • First Lady Betty Ford Poses With Misty
    Karl Schumacher
    winter holidays
    Christmas
    pets
    Solarium
    Third Floor
    In this photograph, First Lady Betty Ford holds a golden retriever puppy named Misty and sits near a tree decorated with homemade ornaments and trimmings. Misty, the offspring of the Fords' golden retriever Liberty, attempts to eat the decorations. Karl Schumacher took this photo in Solarium on November 10, 1975, during a photo opportunity for Parade Magazine. The Solarium is a private, Third Floor room used by the First Family to rest, relax and step away from the pressures of life in the White House.
  • Pineapple Sitting Room, John F. Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Third Floor
    refurbishment
    restoration
    This photograph of the Pineapple Sitting Room was taken by Robert Knudsen on August 28, 1963, during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Pineapple Sitting Room and accompanying Pineapple Bedroom are located on the Third Floor of the White House. In 1963 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the restoration of the two rooms, including the installation of light green Japanese silk wallpaper. The room got its name from the pineapple-shaped finials on the two mid-19th century beds located in the companion bedroom.
  • Chinz Bedroom, Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    refurbishment
    This photograph, taken by Robert L. Knudsen on September 4, 1963, shows a guest bedroom on the Third Floor of the White House shortly after it was refurbished during the John F. Kennedy administration. Also called "Room 303" or the "Orange Blossom Bedroom," the room was called the "Chinz Bedroom" after the glazed, floral pattern applied to the walls, window dressing, and French-style bed during the redecoration. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy collaborated on the design of the room with interior designer Stéphane Boudin and Henry Francis Du Pont, leader of the Fine Arts Committee for the White House.
  • Chinz Bedroom, Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    refurbishment
    This photograph, taken by Robert L. Knudsen on September 4, 1963, shows a guest bedroom on the Third Floor of the White House shortly after it was refurbished during the John F. Kennedy administration. Also called "Room 303" or the "Orange Blossom Bedroom," the room was called the "Chinz Bedroom" after the glazed, floral pattern applied to the walls, window dressing, and French-style bed during the redecoration. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy collaborated on the design of the room with interior designer Stéphane Boudin and Henry Francis Du Pont, leader of the Fine Arts Committee for the White House.
  • Pineapple Bedroom, Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    refurbishment
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    restoration
    This photograph of the Pineapple Bedroom was taken by Robert L. Knudsen during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Pineapple Bedroom and accompanying Pineapple Sitting Room are located on the Third Floor of the White House. In 1963 First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy oversaw the restoration of the two rooms, including the installation of light green Japanese silk wallpaper. The room got its name from the pineapple-shaped finials on the two mid-19th century beds located in the bedroom.
  • Pineapple Bedroom, Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Bedroom
    Third Floor
    This photograph of the Pineapple Bedroom was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on June 16, 1960, during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The Pineapple Bedroom and Pineapple Sitting Room are located on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. The bedroom was a double guest room that took its name from the pineapple finials on the mid-19th century beds.
  • Guest Bedroom, Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    This photograph of a Third Floor guest bedroom was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on June 16, 1960, during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. As part of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's restoration program, this room became the Empire Guest Room.
  • Empire Guest Room, John F. Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    restoration
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    refurbishment
    This photograph of the Empire Guest Room was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on May 3, 1962, during the John F. Kennedy administration. The room is captured follow First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s redecoration of the room. Against the walls, White House curator Lorraine Waxman Pearce hung a collection of 19th-century engravings honoring the life of George Washington. The room was furnished with pieces made by French-émigré cabinetmakers and existing White House furniture. Among these were a sleigh bed believed to have belonged to President John Quincy Adams, an Empire chest of drawers, a mirrored dressing chest, and a worktable. The walls were upholstered in red and white print, a contemporary version of the French early 19th-century Toile De Jouy pattern. This pattern, originally entitled "Hommage à Franklin," depicts scenes from the life and career of Benjamin Franklin and is partially based on a drawing in the White House Collection called "The Genius of Franklin" by French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard. The guest room is located on the Third Floor of the White House.
  • Country Guest Bed Room, Kennedy Administration
    Robert L. Knudsen
    refurbishment
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    furniture
    beds
    This photograph is of the "Country" guest bedroom was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on May 10, 1962, during the John F. Kennedy administration. The room was intended to reflect the Federal period and was furnished with objects from that time period. The main piece in the room was a simple tester bed, given by Henry du Pont, trimmed with a hand-knotted lace canopy. A mid-19th-century appliqué quilt was placed on the bed and a gilded Federal-looking glass with acorn droplets was hung on the opposite wall.
  • Detail of Empire Room Wallpaper, Kennedy Administration
    Scalamandré of New York
    wallpaper
    Bedroom
    Third Floor
    This wallpaper manufactured by Scalamandré of New York was in the Empire Room during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Empire Room is one of the guest bedrooms on the Third Floor of the White House. The red and white print is a contemporary version of the French early 19th-century Toile De Jouy pattern. This pattern, originally entitled "Hommage à Franklin," depicts scenes from the life and career of Benjamin Franklin and is partially based on a drawing in the White House Collection called "The Genius of Franklin" by French artist Jean-Honore Fragonard.
  • Amy Carter's Tenth Birthday Party
    Unknown
    children
    celebration
    Third Floor
    Solarium
    food & drink
    In this photograph, taken October 19, 1977, Amy Carter grabs a candle from her cake during her tenth birthday party. To celebrate her birthday, Amy and 14 friends participated in a pumpkin carving contest in the China Room and watched the 1931 film Frankenstein in the Family Theater. This photograph is part of a collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. Haller served as executive chef at the White House from 1966-1987.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a lamp in a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges a lamp in a room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.
  • Housekeeper Shirley Bailey
    Joseph J. Scherschel
    staff
    Third Floor
    Bedroom
    Residence staff
    In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel in 1970, White House housekeeper Shirley Bailey arranges the tester bed in the "Country" guest room on the Third Floor of the Executive Mansion. In 1971, she married White House pastry chef Heinz Bender, who had joined the kitchen staff in 1968. A veteran of the hotel industry, she served as White House Executive Housekeeper from 1971-1979.