Collection The 2018 White House Christmas Ornament
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
Ground Floor Broadcast Room
- Photographer
- Abbie Rowe
- Date of Work
- March 1952
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- National Archives
Ground Floor Broadcast Room
President Truman’s 1948-1952 renovation added a short-lived broadcast room on the ground floor of the White House in a space that had been the kitchen.
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