• Stereograph of the State Dining Room
    John Fillis Jarvis
    Underwood & Underwood
    State Floor
    State Dining Room
    This stereograph of the State Dining Room is labeled "State Ding Room in the President's Mansion, Washington, D.C." and was published by John Fillis Jarvis. The table is set with dinner plates from the Rutherford B. Hayes state china service and the Dorflinger glassware, first purchased during the Abraham Lincoln administration, for a formal luncheon on January 6, 1881. The place setting at the lower left is the “raccoon” dinner plate from the Hayes service. The State Dining Room is located on the State Floor of the White House. The room is often the setting for state or official dinners and is the second largest room in the White House.
  • Stereograph of the State Bed-Rooms in the President's Mansion
    John Fillis Jarvis
    Underwood & Underwood
    Second Floor
    President's Dining Room
    This stereograph is labeled "State Bed-Rooms in the President's Mansion, Washington, D.C." and was published by John Fillis Jarvis ca. 1882. The grand "Lincoln" bed visible in this image was placed in the room in 1861 by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Since the John F. Kennedy administration, this room has been known as the President's Dining Room and is the primary dining room for the first family. It is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner.