This photograph of the East Wing Receiving Hall was taken in March 1972 by Victor Boswell, Joseph H. Bailey, Robert S. Oakes, and Larry D. Kinney during the administration of Richard M. Nixon. The East Wing was constructed in 1942 during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. At the time, the East Wing housed wartime offices, but President Roosevelt hoped to eventually use the space as a museum for White House artifacts. Since the 1940s, the East Wing has also been used by first ladies, but it was Rosalynn Carter who established the Office of the First Lady in 1977. The East Wing Receiving Hall is among the offices designated to the first lady.