• West Wing Reception Room
    Peter Vitale
    West Wing
    West Wing Reception Room
    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.
  • Green Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Green Room
    State Floor
    This October 2007 image depicts the Green Room of the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush. The Green Room is decorated in the Federal style and much of the furniture is attributed to New York cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe.
  • Lincoln Bedroom
    Peter Vitale
    Lincoln Bedroom
    Second Floor
    Lincoln Bed
    This 2005 color photograph showcases the Lincoln Bedroom, located on the Second Floor of the White House. Previously used as an office and Cabinet Room, the room became a bedroom in the family quarters during the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. The high-back bed, known as the Lincoln Bed, was purchased for the White House by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Despite its purchase during the Lincoln administration, the bed was probably never used by President Abraham Lincoln. Furnished during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the room features furniture, artwork, and refurbishing reminiscent of the 1860s. In 2005, the room underwent refurbishing under the direction of First Lady Laura Bush enhancing the historical accuracy of the Lincoln Bedroom.
  • Treaty Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Treaty Room
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the Treaty Room by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. The Treaty Room, located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion, has held many names and purposes for presidents over the years. Today the room is used as a private study for the president and is often redecorated with each administration, as seen here during President Bush's term.
  • West Sitting Hall, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    West Sitting Hall
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the West Sitting Hall by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. The room, located on the west end of the Center Hall on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion, is recognized for its grand, arched window and is a comfortable and quiet location for the First Family to relax.
  • President's Dining Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. President and Mrs. Bush decorated the room with Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed.
  • Oval Office, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    This photograph of the Oval Office by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush used the Resolute desk, popular among modern presidents, and decorated the President's Office with a bust of Abraham Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (left), a bust of Winston Churchill by Jacob Epstein (right), and a portrait of President George Washington by Rembrandt Peale hung over the mantel.
  • East Corridor and Sitting Hall, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    East Sitting Hall
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the East Sitting Hall and Corridor by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. This photograph captures the East Sitting Hall looking through the East Corridor from the Center Hall, which runs the length of the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion. The hall, located on the east end of the Second Floor, is recognizable for its grand, arched window that is identical to the one in the West Sitting Hall on the opposite end of the house. The hall is located just outside of the Lincoln Bedroom.
  • Yellow Oval Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Yellow Oval Room
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the Yellow Oval Room by Peter Vitale was taken in June 2003 during the George W. Bush administration. The Yellow room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion and has served as a formal drawing room since First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's White House restoration. Today, the room also acts as a formal reception room for state guests before their entrance with the president and first lady down the Grand Staircase.
  • Center Hall Detail, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Second Floor
    Center Hall
    This color photograph was by Peter Vitale during the George W. Bush administration. The photograph shows Helen Frankenthaler's "Painted on 21st Street" on display in the Center Hall on the Second Floor of the White House below a 19th century French empire-style desk.
  • Center Hall, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Second Floor
    Center Hall
    This photograph taken by Peter Vitale shows the Center Hall on the Second Floor of the White House during the George W. Bush administration. Note the coromandel screen on display.
  • Lincoln Bedroom, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Lincoln Bedroom
    Second Floor
    Lincoln Bed
    This 2005 color photograph showcases the Lincoln Bedroom, located on the Second Floor of the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush. Previously used as an office and Cabinet Room, the room became a bedroom in the family quarters during the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. The high-back bed, known as the Lincoln Bed, was purchased for the White House by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Despite its purchase during the Lincoln administration, the bed was probably never used by President Abraham Lincoln. Furnished during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the room features furniture, artwork, and refurbishing reminiscent of the 1860s. In 2005, the room underwent refurbishing under the direction of First Lady Laura Bush enhancing the historical accuracy of the Lincoln Bedroom.
  • Queens' Bedroom, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Queens' Bedroom
    Second Floor
    china
    This photograph of the Queens' Bedroom by Peter Vitale was taken in 2007 during the George W. Bush administration. The bedroom is on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion and derived its name from the seven queens who had been guests of the White House. Over the fireplace is an overmantel glass and painting, a gift of Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh on behalf of her father, King George VI of Great Britain. The gift was received by the White House upon completion of the Truman renovation. A portrait of First Lady Florence Kling Harding hangs in the corner.
  • West Wing Entrance Hall, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    West Wing
    West Wing Reception Room
    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.
  • Oval Office, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    This photograph of the Oval Office by Peter Vitale was taken during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush used the Resolute desk, a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880, during his tenure as president.
  • Cabinet Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Cabinet Room
    West Wing
    This ca. 2005 color photograph by Peter Vitale shows the Cabinet Room during the administration of George W. Bush. Hiram Powers' marble bust of George Washington and an unknown artist's marble bust of Benjamin Franklin are located in the Cabinet Room's alcove niches. Charles-Edouard Armand-Dumaresq's oil painting, "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776," hangs above the fireplace mantel.
  • Roosevelt Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Roosevelt Room
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Roosevelt Room by Peter Vitale was taken during the George W. Bush administration. Richard M. Nixon named the room in 1969 after Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt for their contributions to the construction of the West Wing. Artwork and mementos of both presidents are often on display in the room to honor the two men. The flags aligned along the wall are the flags of the United States, the president, the vice president, and the branches of the armed forces. The Roosevelt Room is a conference room located across the hall from the Oval Office, visible through the opened door, and acts as an all-purpose room for meetings, receptions, and announcements by the presidents and their staff.
  • Oval Office, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    This undated photograph of the Oval Office was taken by Peter Vitale during the George W. Bush administration. President Bush used the Resolute desk, popular among modern presidents. On tables flanking the fireplace, President Bush displayed busts of President Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Winston Churchill by Jacob Epstein.
  • Lincoln Sitting Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Lincoln Sitting Room
    Second Floor
    Lincoln Bedroom
    This 2007 color photograph depicts the Lincoln Sitting Room, located on the Second Floor of the White House, during the administration of President George W. Bush. Previously an office and later a telegraph room, this Second Floor room serves as a parlor corresponding to the adjacent Lincoln Bedroom. The Lincoln Sitting Room features furniture, artwork, and refurbishing reminiscent of the 1860s. In 2005, the room underwent refurbishing under the direction of First Lady Laura Bush enhancing the historical accuracy of the Lincoln Sitting Room. Period appropriate carpeting, wallpaper, and window hangings of yellow brocatelle were installed, as well as the only marble mantel in the White House original to the era. The chairs are attributed to the Lincoln White House.
  • Lincoln Bedroom, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Lincoln Bedroom
    Second Floor
    This 2005 color photograph showcases the Lincoln Bedroom, located on the Second Floor of the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush. Previously used as an office and Cabinet Room, the room became a bedroom in the family quarters during the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. Furnished during the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the room features furniture, artwork, and refurbishing reminiscent of the 1860s. In 2005, the room underwent refurbishing under the direction of First Lady Laura Bush enhancing the historical accuracy of the Lincoln Bedroom. Featured objects in this view include a handwritten and signed copy of the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, W. T. Carlton's 1863 Watch Meeting—Dec. 31st 1862—Waiting for the Hour, and an engraving of Francis B. Carpenter’s 1864 painting, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, reflected in the mirror above the fireplace mantel.
  • President's Dining Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    silverware
    This photograph of the President's Dining Room by Peter Vitale was taken in 2007 during the George W. Bush administration. The room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. President and Mrs. Bush refurbished the room in 2005 and decorated the room with Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed.
  • Library, George W. Bush
    Peter Vitale
    Library
    Ground Floor
    White House refurbishments
    chandeliers
    Federal-style
    This 2007 color photograph showcases the Library, located on the Ground Floor of the White House, after its refurbishment during the administration of President George W. Bush. The red-painted chandelier inspired the 2007 refurbishment of the shelves and fabrics. Created in 1935 during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Library sometimes serves as a location for televised presidential interviews. The room is furnished in the Federal style with many furniture pieces attributed to Duncan Phyfe.
  • Vermeil Room, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Vermeil Room
    Ground Floor
    vermeil
    silver
    This photograph of the Vermeil Room by Peter Vitale was taken in 2007 during the George W. Bush administration. The Vermeil Room, located on the Ground Floor of the Executive Mansion, houses the extensive collection of vermeil, or gilded silver, that was bequeathed by Margaret Thompson Biddle to the White House in 1957. This photograph of the southwest corner captures the room after its 2006 refurbishment.
  • East Sitting Hall, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    East Sitting Hall
    Second Floor
    This photograph of the East Sitting Hall was taken by Peter Vitale during the George W. Bush administration. The hall, located on the east end of the Second Floor in the Executive Mansion, is recognizable for its grand, arched window that is identical to the one in the West Sitting Hall on the opposite end of the house. The hall is located just outside of the Lincoln Bedroom.
  • Movie Theater, George W. Bush Administration
    Peter Vitale
    Famly Theater
    East Wing
    East Colonnade
    This photograph of the Family Theater by Peter Vitale was taken around 2008 during the George W. Bush administration. The movie theater is located along the East Colonnade and often doubles for a coat room during big White House events.