• White House Doorkeeper Preston Bruce and Family at Holiday Reception for Staff
    Robert L. Knudsen
    winter holidays
    staff
    State Floor
    Residence staff
    Christmas
    Blue Room Christmas Tree
    Blue Room
    receptions
    This photograph of White House doorkeeper Preston Bruce and his family was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on December 27, 1961 during the John F. Kennedy administration. The Bruce family is photographed in front of the Blue Room Christmas tree while attending a staff holiday reception. Bruce worked as the doorkeeper from 1953 to 1975.
  • Cletus L. Clark, White House Painter Foreman
    Tina Hager
    staff
    Residence staff
    Second Floor
    This photograph of White House painter Cletus L. Clark was taken by Tina Hager on July 15, 2004 during the George W. Bush administration. Cletus was the White House painter foreman from 1974 to 2009. He is photographed on the Second Floor of the White House residence.
  • White House Staff Get Fingerprinted at President Roosevelt's Request
    Harris & Ewing
    staff
    Residence staff
    This photograph of members of the White House staff getting fingerprinted was taken by Harris & Ewing on March 21, 1939. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated during a press conference that everyone in the White House, including the president, should be fingerprinted. This photograph captures the day the initiative started. From left to right are: White House carpenter Isaac Avery, stenographer Mollie D. Somerville, E.A. Schurman, who took the fingerprints, a Secret Service agent, carpenter E.L. Lewis, clerk Muriel Lund, Sgt. Ole Jacobson, acting Capt. Herbert L. Macy of the White House Police Force, and usher Wilson Searles.
  • Kitchen Staff in Newly Renovated White House Kitchen
    Abbie Rowe
    staff
    Residence staff
    Ground Floor
    Kitchen
    This photograph of members of the White House Kitchen staff was taken by Abbie Rowe on March 21, 1952 during the Harry S. Truman administration. The four unidentified staff members are seen in the newly renovated Kitchen, located on the Ground Floor of the White House.
  • White House Carpenter William R. Eckloff
    National Photo Company
    staff
    Residence staff
    This photograph of White House carpenter William R. Eckloff was taken by the National Photo Company on January 11, 1921 during the Woodrow Wilson administration. Eckloff's career at the White House spanned from circa 1877 to 1889.
  • White House Housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt
    Harris & Ewing
    staff
    Residence staff
    This photograph of Victoria D. H. Nesbitt (also referred to as Henrietta Nesbitt) was taken by Harris & Ewing in February 1939. Nesbitt served as White House housekeeper primarily during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration from 1933 to 1946.
  • White House Usher James F.W. "Skip" Allen
    Tina Hager
    staff
    Residence staff
    State Floor
    State Dining Room
    This photograph of White House usher James F.W. "Skip" Allen was taken by Tina Hager on June 1, 2002 during the George W. Bush administration. Allen worked in the Secret Service and as an usher, in a White House career that spanned from 1971 to 2004. He is photographed in the State Dining Room of the White House.
  • Wilson R. Jerman, White House Butler and Houseman
    Tina Hager
    staff
    Residence staff
    This photograph of White House butler and houseman Wilson R. Jerman was taken by Tina Hager on August 5, 2004 during the George W. Bush administration. Jerman worked at the White House from 1957 to 1993 before returning again from 2003 to 2012. He is photographed here through a window to an elevator in the White House.