In this photograph, taken on April 14, 1938, former White House Chief Usher Raymond Douglas Muir shakes hands with his successor, Howell G. Crim. Muir began serving as chief usher in 1933 and resigned from his position to become assistant to the Chief of the International Division of the State Department. Crim served as chief usher of the White House until 1957. The chief usher oversees the management of the building and residential staff of the White House.

In the center of the photograph is Charles K. Claunch, a former member of the navy who was appointed an usher at the White House by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1954, Claunch became Government Secretary of the United States Virgin Islands.