• Chef Raffert with Rosalynn and Amy Carter in the White House Kitchen
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    This photograph of White House chef Hans Raffert preparing food as First Lady Rosalynn and Amy Carter, her daughter, look on was taken in the White House Kitchen on January 24, 1980. The filets to the left of Chef Raffert are prepared for a traditional beef Wellington, while he is preparing scallops for service. Raffert formed relationships with every first family he worked for, including the Carters, and prepared their Sunday dinners after church.
  • White House Cooks on the South Lawn
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    This photograph of White House cooks Katherine Buckley and Hannah Heffernan was taken in 1926. Both women, immigrants from Ireland, began working at the White House that same year. Buckley would work in the Kitchen until 1933 while Heffernan worked until around 1930. They are photographed on the South Lawn of the White House Grounds with the South Portico behind them, possibly around Easter.
  • White House Cooks on the South Portico Steps
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    This photograph of White House cooks Katherine Buckley, Elsie Rodenhauser, and Hannah Heffernan was taken in October 1926. The group is photographed sitting on the steps to the South Portico of the White House. Buckley worked in the Kitchen from 1926 to 1933, Rodenhauser as both a kitchen assistant and cook from 1922 to 1929, and Heffernan from 1926 until around 1930.
  • White House Cook Katherine Buckley
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    This photograph of White House cook Katherine Buckley was taken in 1928. Buckley moved to the United States from Ireland in the early 1900s to cook for American banker J.P. Morgan. While working there she impressed Morgan guest and future president Calvin Coolidge. She was eventually invited to join the White House Kitchen staff by First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge in 1926. She would work at the White House through the Herbert Hoover administration, leaving in 1933.
  • White House Gardener George Field
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    This photograph of White House gardener George Field appeared in the September 3, 1925 edition of The Florists' Review. Field immigrated from London, England and began working at the White House shortly thereafter, in 1875, during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. He remained in this position for two years before pursuing a successful business as a florist in the Washington, D.C. area.
  • White House Cook Louise W. Jongbloet
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    This photograph of White House cook Louise W. Jongbloet was taken around June 26, 1926. Jongbloet, who immigrated to the United States from Belgium in 1907, replaced outgoing White House cook Martha Peterson Mulvey in June 1925. She left her position after about a year in service.
  • White House Carpenter Isaac M. Avery Inspects Floors in the White House
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    This photograph of White House carpenter Isaac M. Avery, right, inspecting floors in the Blue Room was taken on August 15, 1955 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. The man on the left is unidentified. Avery worked at the White House for 35 years, from 1930 to 1965, and six presidents.
  • Residence Staff at Party for Eisenhower Wedding Anniversary
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    This photograph of members of the White House Residence staff was taken on July 1, 1955 at a supper party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on their 39th wedding anniversary. The celebration took place at the Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • Residence Staff with Eisenhower Christmas Gifts
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    This photograph of White House Residence staff outside the North Portico of the White House was taken on December 22, 1955. Charles Thompson, left, a maintenance worker, and Leroy Lyons, right, a gardener, are captured holding their Christmas gifts from President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower. That year they were gifted prints of President Eisenhower's paintings.
  • White House Carpenter Isaac M. Avery Waxes Floors in the White House
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    This photograph of White House carpenter Isaac M. Avery waxing and polishing floors in the East Room was taken on August 15, 1955 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. He appears to be surrounded by cameramen in the foreground. Avery worked at the White House for 35 years, from 1930 to 1965, and six presidents.
  • Residence Staff Member at Egg Nog Party
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    This photograph of a member of the White House Residence staff was taken at an egg nog party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on December 20, 1956. The party took place in the State Dining Room of the White House.
  • Residence Staff at Party for Eisenhower Wedding Anniversary
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    This photograph of members of the White House Residence staff was taken on July 1, 1955 at a supper party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on their 39th wedding anniversary. The celebration took place at the Eisenhower's home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  • White House Butlers Allen and Johnson at Egg Nog Party
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    This photograph of White House butlers Eugene C. Allen, left, and John H. Johnson, right, was taken at an egg nog party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on December 20, 1956. The party took place in the State Dining Room of the White House. Allen and Johnson, who were brothers-in-law, worked together at the White House for three decades.
  • White House Residence Staff at Egg Nog Party
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    This photograph of White House butlers John H. Johnson, left, and Eugene C. Allen, right, alongside an unidentified colleague at center was taken at an egg nog party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on December 20, 1956. The party took place in the State Dining Room of the White House. Allen and Johnson, who were brothers-in-law, worked together at the White House for three decades.
  • President Reagan Returns to the White House Following Shooting
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    In this photograph, President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan wave from the base of the South Portico of the White House on April 11, 1981. President Reagan had just returned home from George Washington Hospital following an assassination attempt by John Hinckley, Jr. on March 30. Holding an umbrella over the Reagans in Roland A. Harley, a doorkeeper, messenger, and houseman who worked at the White House for nearly forty years, from around 1946 to 1984.
  • White House Carpenter Isaac M. Avery Waxes Floors in the White House
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    This photograph of White House carpenter Isaac M. Avery waxing and polishing floors in the East Room was taken on August 15, 1955 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Two unidentified colleagues are visible in the back. Avery worked at the White House for 35 years, from 1930 to 1965, and six presidents.
  • White House Residence Staff at Egg Nog Party
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    This photograph of members of the White House Residence staff was taken at an egg nog party hosted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower on December 20, 1956. The party took place in the State Dining Room of the White House.
  • White House Doorkeeper Elbert B. Nixon
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    This photograph of White House doorkeeper Elbert B. Nixon was printed in the September 18, 1957 edition of the Evening Star. Nixon began working at the White House in 1924 and remained it is believed he remained there until his death in 1957.
  • White House Carpenter Isaac M. Avery Waxes Floors in the White House
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    East Room
    This photograph of White House carpenter Isaac M. Avery waxing and polishing floors in the East Room was taken on August 15, 1955 during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Two unidentified colleagues are visible in the back. Avery worked at the White House for 35 years, from 1930 to 1965, and six presidents.
  • Charles H. Lee, White House Coachman
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    This photograph of White House coachman Charles H. Lee was published in the January 7, 1906 edition of The Washington Post in a feature on the White House stable. Lee began working at the White House circa 1901 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. He was tasked with transporting President Roosevelt and his family in carriages and cared for their horses. When Roosevelt's presidency ended in 1909, Lee moved with the Roosevelt's to Sagamore Hill, where he continued to work for the family until 1934.
  • White House Chauffeur William Miller
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    This article and accompanying photograph of White House chauffeur William Miller appeared in the July 3, 1955 edition of the Evening Star. The article announced Miller's retirement after over thirty years working at the White House. More commonly known as "Boots", Miller began working in the White House garage around 1918. He was promoted to superintendent of the garage in 1940 before retiring in 1955.
  • White House Florist and Gardener Bartholomew J. Curran
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    This photograph of White House florist and gardener Bartholomew J. Curran appeared in the December 12, 1958 edition of the Evening Star. "Bartie" Curran began working at the White House around 1917 as a florist. He was eventually promoted to foreman in the White House greenhouses, a position he held until around 1940.
  • White House Chief Usher Howell G. Crim
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    This photograph of White House Chief Usher Howell G. Crim appeared in the September 25, 1942 edition of The Coolidge Examiner. Crim, an employee with the Veterans' Administration, was assigned to the White House as an assistant usher in 1930 and was promoted to Chief Usher in 1938. He retired in 1957.
  • White House Cook Martha Peterson Mulvey
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    This photograph of White House cook Martha Peterson Mulvey was printed in the April 22, 1910 edition of The Washington Times. Her photograph was featured in a wedding announcement alongside her new husband, White House policeman James Mulvey. Peterson Mulvey began working at the White House in 1909 when she was hired by First Lady Helen Herron Taft. She had previously worked from notable Americans including J. Pierpont Morgan. She would continue to work at the White House until around 1933.
  • White House Housekeeper Ellen A. Riley
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    This is a portrait photograph of White House housekeeper Ellen A. Riley. Riley was hired by First Lady Grace Goodhue Coolidge and joined the White House Residence staff in July 1926 following the departure of Elizabeth A. Jaffray. She left the White House shortly after President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge left office in March 1929.