• The Clintons and Gores Hold Birthday Celebration
    Unknown
    staff
    food & drink
    Residence staff
    Yellow Oval Room
    Second Floor
    birthdays
    celebrations
    This is a photograph of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, and Second Lady Tipper Gore with two White House Kitchen staff members in the Yellow Oval Room. The group is gathered behind a table of sweet treats, including a birthday cake. From left to right are: White House Executive Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier, pastry chef Franette McCulloch, Mrs. Clinton, President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and Mrs. Gore. The Yellow Oval Room is located on the Second Floor of the White House residence. This photograph is part of a personal collection belonging to former White House Executive Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier. Chef Mesnier created elaborate desserts for the White House from 1980 to 2004.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Dedication Ceremony
    Carol M. Highsmith
    Washington, D.C.
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
    dedication
    ceremonies
    This photograph was taken during the dedication ceremony for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial on May 2, 1997. Planning for the memorial began in 1955. Lawrence Halprin's design for the memorial, approved by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission for Fine Arts in 1978, includes four outdoor gallery rooms featuring sculptures, waterfalls, and inscriptions which pay homage to President Roosevelt's four terms in office from 1933-1945. In attendance at the ceremony were President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Second Lady Tipper Gore, U.S. Senators and FDR Commission Co-Chairs Daniel K. Inouye and Mark O. Hatfield, President Roosevelt's grandson David B. Roosevelt, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, opera singer Denyce Graves, and CBS correspondent Mike Wallace, who served as master of ceremonies.
  • Tipper Gore at Women's Health Research Event
    Laura Patterson
    initiatives
    This photograph shows Second Lady Tipper Gore with attendees at an event for the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research in 1992. As Second Lady, Mrs. Gore worked on a variety of issues related to physical and mental health, including HIV/AIDS awareness, mental health services for those affected by homelessness, and youth fitness.