• North Grounds and Pennsylvania Avenue Decorated for France State Visit
    Matthew D'Agostino
    Washington Monument
    State Visit
    North Lawn
    North Grounds
    north view
    This photograph, taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on February 11, 2014, shows a lamppost along Pennsylvania Avenue with the flags of France and the United States of America flown together in honor of the State Visit of President François Hollande of the French Republic. President Barack Obama welcomed President Hollande that day for a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn and a State Dinner that evening.
  • North Grounds and Pennsylvania Avenue Decorated for France State Visit
    Matthew D'Agostino
    Washington Monument
    State Visit
    North Lawn
    North Grounds
    north view
    This photograph, taken by Matthew D'Agostino for the White House Historical Association on February 11, 2014, shows a lamppost along Pennsylvania Avenue with the flags of France and the United States of America flown together in honor of the State Visit of President François Hollande of the French Republic. President Barack Obama welcomed President Hollande that day for a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn and a State Dinner that evening.
  • Children on the Obama's Swing Set
    Lawrence Jackson
    Rose Garden
    south grounds
    This photograph of children from the Children's Miracle Network playing on a swing set on the edge of the Rose Garden was taken by Lawrence Jackson on March 24, 2009. The Oval Office can be seen in the background. President Barack Obama met with children from all 50 states who were receiving aid from the Children's Miracle Network. The children are playing on a swing set built during the President Obama's administration for his two young daughters, Malia and Sasha.
  • "Windsong III" in the East Garden
    Unknown
    Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
    This photograph of a kinetic sculpture was exhibited in the East Garden in October 1999 as part of the Bill Clinton administration's 20th-Century American Sculpture in the White House Garden exhibition. The sculpture pictured is by Robert Mangold is titled, "Windsong III," and is made to move with the wind. It is composed of concentric cones attached to independently mobile spokes, radiating from a vertical cylindrical base. Made of three distinct parts, two outer spokes move in a clockwise direction and the central spoke moves counterclockwise. Mangold's sculpture was featured in the eighth and final series of the exhibition. The eight exhibition was titled, "The View from Denver" and was organized by The Denver Art Museum.
  • Children on the Obama's Swing Set
    Samantha Appleton
    Rose Garden
    This photograph of children from the Miracle Network playing on the White House playground on the edge of the Rose Garden was taken by Samantha Appleton on March 24, 2009. President Barack Obama met with children from all 50 states who received aid from the Children's Miracle Network. The children are playing on a swing set built during President Obama's administration for his two young daughters, Malia and Sasha.
  • "Earth Song" in the East Garden
    Unknown
    Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
    This photograph of a sculpture by Allan Houser was taken during the Bill Clinton administration's sixth 20th-Century American Sculpture in the White House exhibition in the East Garden, during 1997 and 1998. The exhibition, the sixth of eight in the series, honored Native American artists. The exhibition ran from September 22, 1997 to September 21, 1998 and was organized by The Heard Museum of Phoenix, Arizona. This sculpture, titled "Earth Song," was sculpted by Allan Houser in 1978. It depicts an Apache man singing a song of respect, a prayer to Mother Earth. The rhythm of his prayer is measured by the beats of his water drum as he sings to thank the earth for sustaining all living forms.
  • 20th-Century American Sculpture in the East Garden
    Unknown
    Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
    This photograph of the East Garden, or the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, was taken during the first art exhibition of the Bill Clinton administration. The exhibition was one of eight in a series celebrating 20th-century American sculpture. The first exhibition honored artists from the Midwest and was organized by the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. It ran from October 8, 1994 through February 28, 1995. This photograph features George Segal's "Walking Man" in the foreground and Richard Hunt's "Farmer's Dream" in the background.
  • A Saturday Afternoon in June
    Harper's Weekly
    South Lawn
    magazine
    This illustration appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly on July 4, 1868. It shows a garden party on the White House South Lawn.