• Oval Office, Ronald Reagan Administration
    Joseph H. Bailey
    Larry D. Kinney
    Philip Leonhardi
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    Resolute desk
    Rose Garden
    This February 1982 color photograph by National Geographic Service photographers depicts the Oval Office, located in the West Wing of the White House, during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The desk in the center is known as the Resolute desk and has been used by many presidents in their office. The desk was made from the oak timbers of the British ship H.M.S. Resolute and sent as a gift to President Rutherford B. Hayes from Queen Victoria in 1880. Beyond the Resolute desk are photographs of the Reagan family. Note the Rose Garden covered in snow outside.