This photograph by Warren K. Leffler and Thomas J. O'Halloran was taken at the gala opening for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. The photograph captures members of the Kennedy family including --President Kennedy's mother, Rose, and younger brother, Edward M. Kennedy -- in attendance in the Opera House presidential box.

In this photograph by Lawrence Jackson, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand for the national anthem at the beginning of the Kennedy Center Honors on December 6, 2009. President and Mrs. Obama were in the presidential box in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and were flanked by Vice President Joseph R. Biden and the 2009 honorees, (from left to right) Dave Brubeck, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry, Mel Brooks, and Bruce Springsteen. This was the first Kennedy Center Honors hosted by President and Mrs. Obama.

This photograph of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was taken by Carol M. Highsmith. Commonly known as the Kennedy Center, the complex features three main theaters, several smaller performance venues, and both river and rooftop terraces. The Kennedy Center, which opened on September 8, 1971, is located along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and serves as the United States National Cultural Center.

This photograph of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was taken by Carol M. Highsmith. Commonly known as the Kennedy Center, the complex features three main theaters, several smaller performance venues, and both river and rooftop terraces. The Kennedy Center, which opened on September 8, 1971, is located along the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and serves as the United States National Cultural Center.

This photograph of First Lady Lady Bird Johnson walking alongside her daughters and their significant others at the president's ranch in Gillespie County, Texas, was taken by Yoichi R. Okamoto on September 30, 1967. Pictured here from left-to-right: Marine Corps Capt. Charles S. Robb, boyfriend of Lynda Bird Johnson; Lynda Bird Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; Luci Baines Johnson; and Patrick Nugent, Luci's husband. Luci holds Yuki, the family's beloved mixed-breed dog. Luci discovered Yuki at a gas station on Thanksgiving Day in 1966, where he was soon adopted by the family and became a favorite of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

This photograph taken by Frank Wolfe on May 4, 1990, depicts a celebration held at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Auditorium in Austin, Texas, for the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Pictured here from left to right: Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, and Luci Baines Johnson.

This engraving depicts Vice President John Tyler at Sherwood Forest, his plantation estate in Virginia, receiving news from a messenger regarding the death of President William Henry Harrison. On April 4, 1841, Harrison became the first president to die while in office following a battle with pneumonia. As the first vice president to unexpectedly rise to the office of the presidency, Tyler established a precedent of not merely title but also presidential power falling to the new successor. This image appears in a book titled "The Lives of the Presidents" by William O. Stoddard, published in 1886.

This photograph of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on July 11, 1961. President and Mrs. Kennedy are photographed in front of Mount Vernon alongside President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan and his daughter, Begum Nasir Akhtar Aurangzeb. Mount Vernon provided the location and backdrop for a State Dinner held in President Khan’s honor and was the first of its kind held outside the White House. Mrs. Kennedy wore a dress designed for her by Oleg Cassini, which she requested be columnar in shape to echo Mount Vernon’s historic facade. Mount Vernon was the estate of President George Washington.

This photograph, taken in August 1908 by society photographer E. F. Foley, shows President Theodore Roosevelt with members of the 1908 United States Olympic Team at Sagamore Hill, his New York residence. The athletes visited in August 1908, following their return from the London Olympic Games. During the reception, President Roosevelt greeted each athlete by name and was presented with trophies won by gold medalists Mel Sheppard and John Flanagan.

This papier-mache donkey figurine was made by Edwin F. Elliott in 1949, for the West Texas Democratic Rally in Lubbock, Texas. Charles F. Brannan, secretary of agriculture under President Harry Truman, gave the figurine to the White House in honor of Truman's Fair Deal program. Brannan was a major advocate of the Fair Deal, which aimed to offer federal support to a variety of public programs, including economic support for farmers, in the spirit of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The donkey figure is in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

This wooden sculpture by H. S. Anderson was given to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones at in the beginning of United States involvement in World War II. The sculpture is in the collection of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

A landscape painting by artist William Matthew Prior in the style of S.H. Brooke. This painting depicts the high hillside of Mount Vernon, President George Washington's estate in Virginia. To the left of center is the yellow and white brick tomb of President George Washington, behind the tomb is his estate, and to the right is the Potomac River. Prior was an American folk artist mostly known for portraits.