This portrait photograph is of White House staff member Jeremiah "Jerry" Smith. Smith started working at the White House during the Ulysses S. Grant administration in the late 1860s, and served as butler, cook, doorman, and footman until his retirement some 35 years later. Shortly before dying at age 69 in 1904, Smith was visited at his home by President Theodore Roosevelt.

This photograph taken by Charles Milton Bell, professionally known as C. M. Bell, is the first one of First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland after her marriage to President Grover Cleveland on June 2, 1886. The wedding was the first to be held at the White House between a president and soon-to-be first lady. Frances Cleveland, at age 21, was also the youngest First Lady to be in office.

This is a hand-tinted photograph based on original photograph of Ellen Herndon Arthur by Charles Milton Bell, professionally known as C. M. Bell. She was the wife of President Chester A. Arthur but died of pneumonia before he took office. According to tradition, each day fresh flowers were placed in front of this portrait while President Arthur was in the White House. In addition to this portrait, President Arthur commissioned a stained glass window of her to be placed in St. John's Episcopal Church, which he could see from the White House.

This circa 1901 black and white photograph depicts the White House kitchen as it appeared at the time of the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. The table at the left is for White House staff. Note the surface-mounted electrical wiring installed along the ceiling.