• 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.
  • Girl Scout Margaret Lusby presents roses to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the National Tree Lighting
    Underwood & Underwood
    Christmas
    winter holidays
    National Christmas Tree lighting
    First Family
    In this black and white photograph, Girl Scout Margaret Lusby presents roses to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the National Tree Lighting on December 24,1933. The first lady of the country has served as the honorary National President of the Girl Scouts ever since Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, began the tradition in 1917. Accompanying Mrs. Roosevelt are President Roosevelt and their granddaughter, “Sistie” (Anna Eleanor) Dall.
  • Garden Party
    Underwood & Underwood
    event
    White House Guests
    South Lawn
    This stereograph shows a garden party held on the White House South Lawn. First Lady Edith Roosevelt introduced garden parties to the White House and others in Washington society followed suit.
  • William McKinley's Coffin in State in the East Room
    Underwood & Underwood
    funeral
    East Room
    State Floor
    This is a stereograph of the President William McKinley lying in state in the East Room in September 1901. McKinley was assassinated while attending the Buffalo Pan-American Exhibition and died on September 14th. His casket was moved by train back to Washington, D.C. and lay in state in the East Room, then in the Capitol building before it was taken back to Canton, Ohio for burial. Underwood and Underwood was a company founded by the Underwood brothers, Elmer and Bert, and known being one of the largest publishers and distributors of stereographs.
  • Herbert Hoover Presenting Medal to Amelia Earhart
    Underwood & Underwood
    award
    medal
    Head of State
    White House Guests
    In this photograph, President Herbert Hoover presents the gold Medal of the National Geographic Society to Amelia Earhart on June 21, 1932. Amelia Earhart was honored for being the first woman to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic. Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor of the National Geographic Society stands on Hoover's right; First Lady Lou Henry Hoover stands on Earhart's left.