This photograph, taken in August 1908, 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.

In this photograph, taken on April 10, 1939, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt makes the inaugural contribution to the Women's Olympic Fund. The fund was created to help send track, swimming, and field teams to the 1940 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. In 1940, the Olympic Games were cancelled due to World War II. The Olympic Games did not resume until the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Helsinki later hosted the 1951 Summer Olympics. Pictured in this photograph from left to right: unidentified child; Mrs. Roosevelt; Delores "Dee" Boeckmann, former Olympic runner and National Chairman of the Women's Track and Field Committee; Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Lucille Brackett, a swimmer from Washington, D.C. The group stands on the balcony of the South Portico outside the Blue Room. A crowd of onlookers on the South Grounds and the Washington Monument are visible in the distance.

This photograph, taken on June 14, 1924, shows members of the United States Olympic boxing team posing outside the White House. President Calvin Coolidge invited the team to visit prior to their departure for the 1924 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Pictured here, left to right, front row: Fidel LaBarba; Jackie Fields; "Spike" Webb, coach at the United States Naval Academy; Raymond Fee; Joseph I. Salas; back row: George Mullholland; Adolphe Lefkowitch; and A. Allegrini.