This photograph of the Cabinet Room was taken by Bates Littlehales in April 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. Located in the West Wing, the Cabinet Room is where the president meets with the vice president, his cabinet members, and occasionally ambassadors or foreign heads of state. The room is furnished with a table given to the White House during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy's model of the "Sea Witch," a famous clipper, and the portrait of President George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.
This photograph of the Cabinet Room was taken by Bates Littlehales in April 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration. Located in the West Wing, the Cabinet Room is where the president meets with the vice president, his cabinet members, and occasionally ambassadors or foreign heads of state. The room is furnished with a table given to the White House during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, President John F. Kennedy's model of the "Sea Witch," a famous clipper, and the portrait of President George Washington by Gilbert Stuart.
This color photograph of the Cabinet Room was taken in 1991 by photographer Erik Kvalsvik. Hiram Powers' marble bust of George Washington and an unknown artist's marble bust of Benjamin Franklin are located in the Cabinet Room's alcove niches. Charles-Edouard Armand-Dumaresq's oil painting "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776," hangs above the fireplace mantel.
This 1889 photograph shows two men standing around the 1869 Ulysses S. Grant administration era conference table in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
This circa 1962 photograph by National Geographic Society staff shows the Cabinet Room during the administration of John F. Kennedy. Ship models are featured on the mantel and on a table to the side of the main conference table, a trademark of President Kennedy's personal tastes.
This 1898 black and white photograph taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston shows the Cabinet Room during the administration of President William McKinley. McKinley met with advisors in this room during the Spanish-American War. The peace protocol ending the war was signed in this room on August 12, 1898.
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This circa 1904 black and white photograph depicts President Theodore Roosevelt's room in the new executive offices, later known as the West Wing. The construction of these offices were part of the 1902 Roosevelt renovation. The Cabinet Room is at right. A portrait of President Abraham Lincoln hangs above the fireplace mantel. The furniture was made by A.H. Davenport and Company of Boston. Presidents William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge used the desk shown during their subsequent administrations.
This circa 1904 color postcard by A.C. Bosselman and Co. of New York shows the newly constructed Cabinet Room in the temporary executive offices, now the West Wing.
This color photograph by James E. Russell shows the renovated Cabinet Room completed during the Nixon administration. The oval table seen in the image was purchased by President Nixon and gifted to the White House. The new leather chairs were reproductions of chairs used in the council chamber at Colonial Williamsburg.
This color photograph by Robert S. Oakes of the Cabinet Room was taken during the administration of President Richard Nixon before its redecoration, completed in early 1970. The table seen in the image was a gift to the White House in 1941 by Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones. President Nixon replaced the Jones table with an oval table he purchased himself.
This ca. 2005 color photograph by Peter Vitale shows the Cabinet Room during the administration of George W. Bush. Hiram Powers' marble bust of George Washington and an unknown artist's marble bust of Benjamin Franklin are located in the Cabinet Room's alcove niches. Charles-Edouard Armand-Dumaresq's oil painting, "The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776," hangs above the fireplace mantel.