• West Wing Reception Room, Biden Administration
    Bruce White
    West Wing
    West Wing Reception Room
    This photograph of the West Wing Reception Room by Bruce White was taken on June 9, 2021 during the Joseph R. Biden 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 Chippendale-style reproductions, an 18th-century English bookcase containing the published volumes of the Public Papers of the Presidents, and American paintings on the walls.
  • Family Dining Room Set for President Kennedy's Funeral Reception
    Robert L. Knudsen
    receptions
    funerals
    Family Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph, taken by Robert L. Knudsen on November 25, 1963, shows the table in the Family Dining Room set with refreshments for a reception that followed President John F. Kennedy's State Funeral. Following his assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Kennedy's body lay in state in the East Room of the White House and the United States Capitol Building prior to burial at Arlington Cemetery three days later. The funeral service was held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The design of the room reflects its appearance after First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy repurposed the space into a dining room for small functions and a staging area for state dinners. The redecoration of the room followed a vibrant yellow color scheme, featuring a gold lattice and pink rose rug personally selected for the room by interior designer Sister Parish. Other additions to the room included yellow silk curtains, a French white and dark green marble mantel, a New York convex mirror, and an 1859 portrait of Virginia planter Brig. Gen. John Hartwell Cocke by artist Edward Troye.
  • Family Dining Room Set for President Kennedy's Funeral Reception
    Robert L. Knudsen
    Family Dining Room
    State Floor
    funerals
    receptions
    This photograph, taken by Robert L. Knudsen on November 25, 1963, shows the table in the Family Dining Room set with refreshments for a reception that followed President John F. Kennedy's State Funeral. Following his assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Kennedy's body lay in state in the East Room of the White House and the United States Capitol Building prior to burial at Arlington Cemetery three days later. The funeral service was held at St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The design of the room reflects its appearance after First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy repurposed the space into a dining room for small functions and a staging area for state dinners. The redecoration of the room followed a vibrant yellow color scheme, featuring a gold lattice and pink rose rug personally selected for the room by interior designer Sister Parish. Other additions to the room included yellow silk curtains, a French white and dark green marble mantel, a New York convex mirror, and an 1859 portrait of Virginia planter Brig. Gen. John Hartwell Cocke by artist Edward Troye.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room for a Luncheon
    Robert L. Knudsen
    receptions
    place settings
    meals
    State Floor
    State Dining Room
    This photograph of table settings for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's luncheon for senators' wives was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on May 23, 1962. This table setting is an example of Mrs. Kennedy's use of round tables over banquet-style tables. 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.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    Ground Floor
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    This photograph of the Diplomatic Reception Room was taken in December 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. Located on the Ground Floor of the White House, the bright and colorful Diplomatic Reception Room was originally used as the servants' hall before becoming the furnace room in 1837. During the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation, the room was remodeled as the formal entrance into the White House for visiting dignitaries and members of the diplomatic corps. President Franklin D. Roosevelt used the room to deliver many of his intimate "Fireside Chats" to Americans during the Great Depression and World War II. The distinct scenic wallpaper was chosen under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • West Wing Reception Room, Nixon Administration
    Victor Boswell
    Robert S. Oakes
    Nelson Brown
    West Wing Reception Room
    West Wing
    This photograph of the West Wing Reception Room was taken in November 1971 during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. The photograph is attributed to Victor Boswell, Robert S. Oakes, and Nelson Brown and captures visitors and West Wing staff. 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.
  • Detail of the Zuber Wallpaper, Diplomatic Reception Room
    Bates Littlehales
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    wallpaper
    Ground Floor
    This detail photograph is of a section of the "Views of North America" wallpaper in the Diplomatic Reception Room in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Kennedy Administration
    Bates Littlehales
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    Ground Floor
    This color photograph shows the Diplomatic Reception Room in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. The Diplomatic Reception Room is located on the Ground Floor of the White House.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Kennedy Administration
    Bates Littlehales
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    Ground Floor
    This color photograph shows the Diplomatic Reception Room in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. The Diplomatic Reception Room is located on the Ground Floor of the White House.
  • Detail of the Zuber Wallpaper, Diplomatic Reception Room
    Bates Littlehales
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    wallpaper
    Ground Floor
    This detail photograph is of a section of the "Views of North America" wallpaper in the Diplomatic Reception Room in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.
  • Diplomatic Reception Room, Kennedy Administration
    Bates Littlehales
    Diplomatic Reception Room
    Ground Floor
    This photograph shows the Diplomatic Reception Room during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Diplomatic Reception Room serves as an entrance from the South Grounds of the White House for the first family and visiting foreign officials. The panoramic wallpaper, titled "Views of North America," depicts scenes from American history, and was produced by Jean Zuber et Cie in France. The wallpaper was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961.