• Preparations for an East Room Wedding Reception
    Karl Schumacher
    wedding
    East Room
    State Floor
    This photograph taken on June 11, 1971 by Karl Schumacher shows preparations for the wedding reception of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox in the East Room of the White House. Their wedding -- which took place the next day -- was the 16th documented wedding to take place at the White House and the first to be held in the Rose Garden or outdoors. Nixon was the eldest daughter of President Richard M. Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Approximately 400 guests watched the first daughter marry Edward Cox, then a law student, in the Rose Garden the following day.
  • Tricia Nixon's Wedding Place Setting
    Byron E. Schumaker
    President's Dining Room
    Second Floor
    tableware
    place settings
    This photograph of a dinner service place setting featuring Tricia Nixon's china pattern was taken by Byron E. Schumaker on May 8, 1971. The place setting is on a table in the President's Dining Room. 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 John F. Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and the main eating room for the First Family. The dining room also features sideboards decorated with pieces of silver and a Zuber & Cie wallpaper depicting scenes from the American Revolution and natural landmarks.
  • Stereograph of the State Dining Room
    John Fillis Jarvis
    Underwood & Underwood
    State Floor
    State Dining Room
    This stereograph of the State Dining Room is labeled "State Ding Room in the President's Mansion, Washington, D.C." and was published by John Fillis Jarvis. The table is set with dinner plates from the Rutherford B. Hayes state china service and the Dorflinger glassware, first purchased during the Abraham Lincoln administration, for a formal luncheon on January 6, 1881. The place setting at the lower left is the “raccoon” dinner plate from the Hayes service. 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.
  • 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.
  • Blue Room, Nixon Administration
    Unknown
    State Floor
    Blue Room
    renovation
    refurbishment
    This photograph shows the Blue Room of the White House as it appeared following a renovation project by First Lady Pat Nixon in 1972. Mrs. Nixon was assisted by White House Curator Clement E. Conger and design consultant Edward Vason Jones. The refurbished Blue Room’s style was inspired by the French Bellangé suite of furniture President James Monroe purchased for the room in 1817. The walls were covered with beige wallpaper, featuring an upper frieze with a flower and bowl design, and a lower border of pink flowers, cupids, and Greek figures. Blue curtains hung the length of the room. The room also included a new oval plaster design in the center of the ceiling completed by Herbert John Millard, a wood carver from Roswell, Georgia.
  • Blue Room, Nixon Administration
    Unknown
    State Floor
    Blue Room
    renovation
    refurbishment
    This photograph shows the Blue Room of the White House as it appeared following a renovation project by First Lady Pat Nixon in 1972. Mrs. Nixon was assisted by White House Curator Clement E. Conger and design consultant Edward Vason Jones. The refurbished Blue Room’s style was inspired by the French Bellangé suite of furniture President James Monroe purchased for the room in 1817. The walls were covered with beige wallpaper, featuring an upper frieze with a flower and bowl design, and a lower border of pink flowers, cupids, and Greek figures. Blue curtains hung the length of the room. The room also included a new oval plaster design in the center of the ceiling completed by Herbert John Millard, a wood carver from Roswell, Georgia.
  • Blue Room, Nixon Administration
    Unknown
    State Floor
    Blue Room
    renovation
    refurbishment
    This photograph shows the Blue Room of the White House as it appeared following a renovation project by First Lady Pat Nixon in 1972. Mrs. Nixon was assisted by White House Curator Clement E. Conger and design consultant Edward Vason Jones. The refurbished Blue Room’s style was inspired by the French Bellangé suite of furniture President James Monroe purchased for the room in 1817. The walls were covered with beige wallpaper, featuring an upper frieze with a flower and bowl design, and a lower border of pink flowers, cupids, and Greek figures. Blue curtains hung the length of the room. The room also included a new oval plaster design in the center of the ceiling completed by Herbert John Millard, a wood carver from Roswell, Georgia.
  • Blue Room Restoration, Nixon Administration
    Joseph H. Bailey
    restoration
    State Floor
    Blue Room
    event
    This photograph is of acquisitions placed in the Blue Room at a press preview held by First Lady Pat Nixon on the afternoon of May 15, 1972. The press preview was for the newly redecorated Blue Room with acquisition pieces, including pieces from the Bellangé Suite, a console table, and an argand lamp, on display. The refurbished Blue Room’s style was inspired by the French Bellangé suite of furniture President James Monroe purchased for the room in 1817. The walls were covered with beige wallpaper, featuring an upper frieze with a flower and bowl design, and a lower border of pink flowers, cupids, and Greek figures. Blue curtains hung the length of the room. The room also included a new oval plaster design in the center of the ceiling completed by Herbert John Millard, a wood carver from Roswell, Georgia.
  • Table Settings for Denmark State Dinner
    John E. Fletcher
    State Visit
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph is of the State Dining Room decorated for the State Dinner in honor of King Frederick IX of Denmark. The State Dinner took place on October 11, 1960 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The place settings featured china from the Eisenhower state service and glassware from the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The tables were decorated with vermeil candelabrum and flower arrangements featuring orchids and chrysanthemums.
  • Table Settings for Denmark State Dinner
    John E. Fletcher
    State Visit
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph is of the State Dining Room decorated for the State Dinner in honor of King Frederick IX of Denmark. The State Dinner took place on October 11, 1960 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The place settings featured china from the Eisenhower state service and glassware from the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The tables were decorated with vermeil candelabrum and flower arrangements featuring orchids and chrysanthemums.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of tables set for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren was taken on February 20, 1962. The table settings include glassware from the John F. Kennedy administration and china from the Harry S. Truman administration. 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.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of tables set for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren was taken on February 20, 1962. The table settings include glassware from the John F. Kennedy administration and china from the Harry S. Truman administration. 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.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of tables set for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren was taken on February 20, 1962. The table settings include glassware from the John F. Kennedy administration and china from the Harry S. Truman administration. 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.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of tables set for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren was taken on February 20, 1962. The table settings include glassware from the John F. Kennedy administration and china from the Harry S. Truman administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • Table Settings in the State Dining Room
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of tables set for a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Chief Justice Earl Warren was taken on February 20, 1962. The table settings include glassware from the John F. Kennedy administration and china from the Harry S. Truman administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.
  • State Dining Room, Kennedy Administration
    George F. Mobley
    Bates Littlehales
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This photograph of table settings for a luncheon or a small state dinner was taken in February 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The table settings include glassware from the Kennedy administration, china from the State Service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and replicas of flatware from the James Monroe administration. The table is also decorated with floral arrangements in bronze doré or gilded bronze pieces from the Monroe administration. 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.