This image depicts the East Room of the White House decorated for a dinner honoring Prince Henry of Prussia on February 24, 1902 during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt. Decorations included smilax festoons, white and pink azaleas, ferns, and palms. Red, white, and blue lights decorated the room, and the East Room’s chandeliers were draped in vines for a dinner referred to as “the crowning event” of Prince Henry’s 1902 visit to Washington, D.C.

This hand-colored wood engraving was published on April 6, 1861 during the early days of the Abraham Lincoln administration. The caption below the engraving describes a scene of office-seeking men gathered outside of the Cabinet Room waiting for a word with President Lincoln. This room, located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion, is referred to today as the Lincoln Bedroom - not because President Lincoln slept there, but because he used the room as an office and for cabinet meetings. The arched window and doorway of the East Sitting Hall, just outside of the Lincoln Bedroom, is depicted on the left.

This stereograph image depicts the East Room of the White House as it appeared circa 1881. The ornate Victorian chandeliers were replaced during the 1902 Roosevelt renovation.

This hand-colored wood engraving by an unknown artist was made around 1860 and depicts the banquet hosted by President James Buchanan for Japanese envoys during their visit to Washington, D.C. and their first trip to the United States. The banquet was held on May 24, 1860 and this engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper shows the delegation having dinner in the State Dining Room in the Executive Mansion. President Buchanan is seated at the center of the table.

This undated color photograph is of a stone engraving on the floor of the Entrance Hall of the White House. The years represent major dates in the construction and renovation of the White House.

This map was created in 1945 during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. The framed war map of Europe shows the movement of forces predicted for May 1, 1945 and was delivered to President Roosevelt during his respite in Warm Springs, Georgia in April 1945. It is likely the last map Roosevelt examined before his death on April 12th. The map was saved by Ensign George Elsey who worked in the Map Room, a room started by Roosevelt on the Ground Floor of the Executive Mansion to monitor movements and classified information during World War II. Today, the room is a sitting room, but the Map Room was a predecessor for the Situation Room.

This hand-colored wood engraving of the State Dining Room by an unknown artist was made during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The wood engraving captures a State Dinner held for the Joint High Commissioners on March 9, 1871. The Commission was made up of delegates from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States and eventually led to the signing of the Treaty of Washington in 1871, which settled disputes between the three nations.

This tinted postcard photograph from 1909 of the first Oval Office was made during the William Howard Taft administration, when the office was referred to as the "President's Office" or "Executive Office." For several years, the office was decorated in green-dyed burlap wall coverings, brass lamps, and mahogany furniture, including the Theodore Roosevelt desk in this postcard. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rebuilt the Oval Office to its current location.

This photograph of the Blue Room was taken in 1886 during Grover Cleveland's first administration. The Blue Room is located on the State Floor of the Executive Mansion and is famous for its oval shape, central location, and views of the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial through the South Portico windows. The room is decorated with flowers and plants in anticipation of President Cleveland's wedding to Frances Folsom, including a bouquet grouped into an "FC" insignia on the console table beneath the mirror. President Cleveland was the second president to marry in office but the first to wed in the White House.

This circa 1902 black and white photograph depicts the Family Dining Room following the Roosevelt renovation. The room was redone in a Colonial Revival Style including panel moldings and a vaulted ceiling.

This circa 1920s image of a cabinet in the China Room shows various china and glassware displayed as if in a pantry. This method of exhibition soon became unfeasible as the collection expanded. Currently, part of the collection is displayed while other parts are kept in storage.