• Prince of Wales Room 1882
    Underwood & Underwood
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    stereograph
    This stereograph of the old State Bedroom, or President's Bedroom, was taken after 1882 by publisher J.F. Jarvis and was distributed by Underwood & Underwood. The grand "Lincoln" bed visible in this image was placed in the room in 1861 by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Since the Kennedy administration, this room has been known as the President's Dining Room and is the primary dining room for the First Family. It is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner.
  • State Dining Room, Pre-Tiffany, Ulysses S. Grant Administration
    Unknown
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    centerpieces
    chandeliers
    stereographs
    This stereograph of the State Dining Room was taken in the 1870s, before Louis Comfort Tiffany's 1882 redecoration of the State Floor during the Chester A. Arthur administration. James Monroe's 13-foot gilded bronze surtout de table centerpiece is on full display atop the grand dining table.
  • President's Bedroom
    B. L. Lingley
    bedroom
    Family Quarters
    stereograph
    This albumen stereograph of the President's Bedroom was likely taken around 1885-1890 by B. L. Lingley. On the center table, an electric lamp is attached to the chandelier in the ceiling directly above.