Knaus also photographed Nancy Theis, director of student correspondence, and Dale Haney, horticulturalist, for The White House: An Illustrated History. Theis posed beside the day’s mail, and Haney sat on the South Lawn with Spot and Barney, President Bush’s dogs, 2002.

An early 2002 photo session focused on the process of preparing the rooms of the State Floor for public tours. At left the Blue Room is vacuumed, the carpet is rolled, and stanchions are set up.