This photograph is of White House Chief Floral Designer Elmer M. "Rusty" Young tending to a floral arrangement in the Blue Room. Robert L. Knudsen took this photograph on March 22, 1962, during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Blue Room is located on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion and is famous for its oval shape, central location, and views of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial through its South Portico windows.