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Diplomatic Reception Room, Barack Obama Administration

Photographer
Bruce White
Date of Work
2010
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Historical Association
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Diplomatic Reception Room, Barack Obama Administration

This 2010 digital photograph by Bruce White shows the Diplomatic Reception Room during the administration of President Barack Obama. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. Also note on display a desk-bookcase made by John Shaw of Annapolis, Maryland in 1797 as well as a tall case clock made by Effingham Embree of New York, circa 1790-1795.