• Kennedy Family at the Gala Opening for the Kennedy Center
    Warren K. Leffler
    Thomas J. O'Halloran
    presidential sites & libraries
    Washington, D.C.
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
    arts & culture
    This photograph by Warren K. Leffler and Thomas J. O'Halloran was taken at the gala opening for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. The photograph captures members of the Kennedy family including --President Kennedy's mother, Rose, and younger brother, Edward M. Kennedy -- in attendance in the Opera House presidential box.
  • Vice President's Residence, U.S. Naval Observatory
    Thomas J. O'Halloran
    U.S. Naval Observatory
    Washington, D.C.
    This photograph of the vice president's residence at the United States Naval Observatory was taken by Thomas J. O'Halloran on January 17, 1977. Located at Number One Observatory Circle in Northwest Washington, D.C., the house was originally built for the superintendent of the United State Naval Observatory in 1893, but became the residence of the chief of naval operations in 1923. In 1974, the house was selected by Congress to be refurbished for use as the residence of the Vice President of the United States. Although Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller held housewarming parties in September 1975, the Rockefellers did not live in the house and only used it for entertaining. The first vice president to live in the Naval Observatory was Walter F. Mondale, who moved into the house with his family in 1977. Since then, it has traditionally served as the official residence for vice presidents and their families.
  • Aerial View of the White House and Executive Offices
    Thomas J. O'Halloran
    West Terrace
    West Wing
    west view
    This black and white photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran of the U.S. News and World Report is an aerial view of the White House from 1957. The photo captures the west face of the White House, the West Terrace and the West Wing.