• A "Powwow" at the White House
    Harper's Weekly
    delegations
    East Room
    State Floor
    engravings
    American Indians
    This wood engraving appeared in "Harper's Weekly" and is entitled "A 'Powwow' at the White House." The engraving shows President Hayes meeting with Native Americans in the East Room of the White House. Hayes hosted several Native American delegations during his time in office.
  • The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
    Alexander Hay Ritchie
    Second Floor
    Lincoln Bedroom
    Cabinet
    This 1866 engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie is based on the 1864 painting by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. The widely circulated engraving depicts the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in what is now the Lincoln Bedroom. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863 and granted freedom to enslaved people residing in Confederate states. Those present were (from left to right): Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, and Attorney General Edward Bates.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Settings and Decor, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Visit
    State Floor
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    This photograph is of the table settings and decor for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room with each table decorated with a centerpiece of sweet pea and white lilac flowers. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • State Dinner Table Setting, Trump Administration
    Suz Redfearn
    State Dining Room
    State Dinner
    State Floor
    State Visit
    china service
    place setting
    This photograph is of a table setting and menu for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. For the State Dinner, the first hosted by President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, china from the Bill Clinton administration was used and a menu was placed upon each service dish. The menus were flourished with a gold, embossed fleur de lis. The State Dinner was held in the State Dining Room. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.
  • Table Setting, Kennedy Administration
    Bates Littlehales
    George F. Mobley
    place setting
    flatware
    centerpieces
    tableware
    State Service
    glassware
    This photograph of a table setting was taken in March 1962. The setting includes china from the state service of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and reproductions of flatware purchased during the James Monroe administration. In front of the place setting reserved for President John F. Kennedy is a gilded bronze basket featuring the Three Graces filled with fresh flowers. This piece is attributed to Denière et Matelin of Paris.
  • Place Settings for the NATO Summit Dinner
    Unknown
    East Room
    State Floor
    This is a photograph of the table settings and flowers in place for the NATO Summit dinner in the East Room on April 23, 1999, during the Bill Clinton administration. White House Florist Nancy Clarke created the arrangements with white hydrangea, white dendrobiums, gardenias, green grapes, white roses, smilax, and maiden hair ferns.
  • Table Settings for the Denmark State Dinner
    Unknown
    State Dinner
    State Dining Room
    State Floor
    This is a photograph of the table settings for the State Dinner held in honor of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik of Denmark on February 20, 1991, during the George H. W. Bush administration. White House Florist Nancy Clarke crafted the elegant floral arrangements made of lush pastel pink and white flowers. The portrait Abraham Lincoln by G. P. A. Healy and the decorated mantel are seen in the background.
  • The Black Madonna by Jan E. Krantz
    Jan E. Krantz
    White House Guests
    Rose Garden
    mosaic
    This mosaic is a reproduction of the Black Madonna, a revered Polish icon, by Jan E. Krantz. The original, called Our Lady of Czestochowa, is housed in Jansa Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland. The mosaic depicts the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus. This reproduction was gifted to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Rose Garden by United States Senator Ed Muskie of Maine on behalf of the Polish-American people at the Polish National and Christian Millennium Day on May 3, 1966. President Johnson's proclamation of the day marked the 1000th anniversary of Polish Christian identity and nationhood, claiming it as the beginning of Poland's participation in the community of western nations. President Johnson later requested the mosaic be placed in the Immaculate Conception Church in Panna Maria, Texas, the oldest Polish settlement in the United States.
  • The Black Madonna by Jan E. Krantz
    Jan E. Krantz
    White House Guests
    Rose Garden
    mosaic
    This mosaic is a reproduction of the Black Madonna, a revered Polish icon, by Jan E. Krantz. The original, called Our Lady of Czestochowa, is housed in Jansa Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland. The mosaic depicts the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus. This reproduction was gifted to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Rose Garden by United States Senator Ed Muskie of Maine on behalf of the Polish-American people at the Polish National and Christian Millennium Day on May 3, 1966. President Johnson's proclamation of the day marked the 1000th anniversary of Polish Christian identity and nationhood, claiming it as the beginning of Poland's participation in the community of western nations. President Johnson later requested the mosaic be placed in the Immaculate Conception Church in Panna Maria, Texas, the oldest Polish settlement in the United States.
  • Prince of Wales at President Buchanan's Reception
    Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
    reception
    Head of State
    East Room
    This illustration is of a reception held in honor of Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales and future king of the United Kingdom, in the East Room of the White House on October 4, 1860. The reception was hosted by President James Buchanan, likely the man standing to the Prince's right. The future King Edward VII was 18 years old at the time of this trip and toured the Capitol and various government buildings, as well as Mount Vernon.