• 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.