Close up of the "Buffalo Mantel"
and portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the State Dining Room, as they appeared
in February 1948. The mantel, installed originally in 1902, was removed
during the renovation of 1949-1952 because the architects believed it was
not in keeping with the original design of the White House. (The original
"Buffalo Mantel" is on display elsewhere in this exhibition.) |
The East Room decorated for the
Christmas season, December 24, 1947. |
The Red Room as it was in November
1947. |
The State Dining Room, February
1948. The room's appearance dates from the 1902 renovation of the White
House by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White. Years later, former President
Truman called that renovation a "botch job" that had to be corrected during
the renovation of 1949-1952. |
President Truman's oval study on
the second floor of the White House as it appeared on May 19, 1948. Many
of the President's letters to his wife in Independence were written at the
desk in this room. The desk, originally given to President Rutherford B.
Hayes by Queen Victoria in the 1870s, was made from timbers removed from
the British ship HMS Resolute. |
