• Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on January 14, 1961 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. This photograph captures how the Oval Office looked in the final days of President Eisenhower's time in office before President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on January 14, 1961 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. This photograph captures how the Oval Office looked in the final days of President Eisenhower's time in office before President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on January 14, 1961 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. This photograph captures how the Oval Office looked in the final days of President Eisenhower's time in office before President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Presidential Seal, Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    Presidential Seal
    This photograph of the Presidential Seal on the ceiling of the Oval Office was taken on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office Wall Sconce, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    lighting
    sconces
    This photograph of a wall sconce in the Oval Office was taken on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. In the photograph is an unidentified man measuring the sconce. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Naval Photographic Center
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on January 14, 1961 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. This photograph captures how the Oval Office looked in the final days of President Eisenhower's time in office before President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    paintings
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    cityscapes
    This photograph of the painting "Towers of Riga" was taken in the Oval Office on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. "Towers of Riga" was painted by Ludolfs Liberts and gifted to President Eisenhower by a group of displaced Latvians to thank him for assisting in their "new start" in the United States. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    West Wing
    Oval Office
    paintings
    This photograph of the painting "Men in Progress" was taken in the Oval Office on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. "Men in Progress" was painted by Christian Schussele in 1862 and was loaned to the White House by the National Portrait Gallery. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • Oval Office, Eisenhower Administration
    Abbie Rowe
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph of the Oval Office was taken on February 27, 1957 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Before 1909, the president's office was located in the Executive Mansion. During the William H. Taft administration, the West Wing doubled in size from the 1902 Theodore Roosevelt renovation and included a presidential oval office. In 1934, during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, the West Wing was expanded and renovated, with the Oval Office relocated to the West Wing’s southeast corner.
  • John G. Nicolay with Southern Plains Delegation in the Conservatory
    Mathew B. Brady
    greenhouses
    delegation
    West Wing
    Conservatory
    American Indians
    staff
    staff of FLOTUS and POTUS
    This black and white photograph by Mathew Brady is of the Southern Plains delegation and was taken in the White House Conservatory on March 27, 1863. The delegates in the first row are, left to right: War Bonnet, Standing in the Water, and Lean Bear of the Cheyenne, and Yellow Wolf of the Kiowa. Yellow Wolf is wearing the Thomas Jefferson peace medal. President Abraham Lincoln’s secretary, John George Nicolay, stands in the center of the back row, while the interpreter John Smith stands at the left. First Lady Mary Lincoln possibly stands in the back at the far right, but no contemporary evidence confirms this.
  • Stewart C. Stevens Cleans Bohemian Glass Chandelier
    Bill Fitz-Patrick
    staff
    State Floor
    Residence staff
    East Room
    lighting
    chandeliers
    This photograph is of Stewart C. Stevens sitting on scaffolding while cleaning one of the three Bohemian glass chandeliers in the East Room of the White House. Each chandelier contains around 6,000 pieces of glass. Bill Fitz-Patrick took this photograph of Stevens on December 23, 1982. Stevens cleaned and maintained the windows and chandeliers from the presidency of Richard M. Nixon until his retirement in 2002 during George W. Bush's presidency.
  • President and Mrs. Reagan with Stewart C. Stevens
    Pete Souza
    staff
    Residence staff
    Second Floor
    Center Hall
    In this photograph President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan pose with Stewart C. Stevens during a photo opportunity in the Executive Mansion. Pete Souza took this group photography on November 28, 1988 in the Center Hall, which is located on the Second Floor of the White House. Stevens cleaned and maintained the windows and chandeliers from the presidency of Richard M. Nixon until his retirement in 2002 during George W. Bush's presidency.
  • Stewart C. Stevens Cleans Bohemian Glass Chandelier
    Bill Fitz-Patrick
    staff
    State Floor
    Residence staff
    East Room
    lighting
    chandeliers
    This photograph is of Stewart C. Stevens cleaning one of the three Bohemian glass chandeliers in the East Room of the White House. Each chandelier contains around 6,000 pieces of glass. Bill Fitz-Patrick took this photograph of Stevens on December 23, 1982 during the Ronald Reagan administration. Stevens cleaned and maintained the windows and chandeliers from the presidency of Richard M. Nixon until his retirement in 2002 during George W. Bush's presidency.
  • Stewart C. Stevens Cleans a North Window
    Bill Fitz-Patrick
    staff
    Residence staff
    In this photograph Stewart C. Stevens, while attached to a window surround with a harness, cleans an exterior window on the North Facade. Bill Fitz-Patrick took this photo of Stevens on January 6. 1983. Stevens cleaned and maintained the windows and chandeliers from the presidency of Richard M. Nixon until his retirement in 2002 during George W. Bush's presidency.
  • President Eisenhower with John A. Moaney in the Oval Office
    Unknown
    staff
    Residence staff
    Oval Office
    West Wing
    This photograph is of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, center, posing for a photograph in the Oval Office circa 1953 to 1961. To left is President Eisenhower's valet, John A. Moaney, who held the position through Eisenhower's two terms in office. The man on the right is unidentified.
  • 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.