This photograph of the West Wing Reception Room by Bruce White was taken on June 9, 2021 during the Joseph R. Biden administration. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. The room is furnished with modern Chippendale-style reproductions, an 18th-century English bookcase containing the published volumes of the Public Papers of the Presidents, and American paintings on the walls.

This black-and-white photograph shows doorkeeper Patrick "Pat" E. McKenna stationed at his desk outside the president's office in the West Wing in January 1935. McKenna served seven administrations as doorkeeper to the president from 1903-1940. In his role, McKenna interacted daily with politicians, diplomats, and White House staffers and determined which visitors received an audience with the president. He passed away following an illness on July 1, 1940.

This photograph of the West Wing Reception Room was taken in November 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. The photograph is attributed to Victor Boswell, Robert S. Oakes, and Nelson Brown and captures visitors and West Wing staff. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. The room is furnished with modern-day, Chippendale-style reproductions.

This undated photograph of the Reception Room was taken by Peter Vitale. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. The room is furnished with modern-day, Chippendale-style reproductions and an eighteenth-century English bookcase.

This photograph of the Reception Room by Erik Kvalsvik was taken in April 1991 during the George H. W. Bush administration. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. The room is furnished with modern-day, Chippendale-style reproductions and an eighteenth-century English bookcase.

This photograph of the Reception Room was taken on November 5, 1946 during the Harry S. Truman administration. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. President Franklin D. Roosevelt oversaw the expansion and renovation of the West Wing in 1934 after a fire on Christmas Eve 1929 destroyed the wing. In this photograph, a receptionist sits far in the back of the entrance hall and waiting area.

This photograph of the General Reception Room by Waldon Fawcett was taken on January 20, 1903 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. The room was located in the first West Wing, built in 1902 during the Roosevelt Renovation, when it was known only as the "Temporary Office" and housed the offices of the president's secretary and staff. The West Wing would be further expanded in 1909 and 1934.

This photograph of the West Wing Entrance Hall and Reception Room by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. The Reception Room is located in the West Wing and serves as a waiting room for visitors to the West Wing Offices. The room is furnished with modern-day, Chippendale-style reproductions and an eighteenth-century English bookcase.