Collection Roosevelt White House 1933-1945
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
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On December 10, 1938, a grand piano was presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for the White House by Theodore Steinway. The piano replaced another Steinway at the White House, a gilded and painted grand piano which had been given in 1903 (now on exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution).
Seeking to create a unique and distinguished “State Piano,” Eric Gugler, a New York architect, friend of the Roosevelts, and White House consultant in the 1930s, chose a square form with simpler lines than the routine double-curve form. The case was made of fine Honduran mahogany. Although it measures seven inches longer than the standard nine-foot Steinway grand, it has identical musical works.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office at the height of the Great Depression. He ushered in an environment...
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Whether by hoof, air, waterway, road, or rail, the President’s access to reliable transportation is essential during their time in...
Camp David has provided presidents and their families with a recreational retreat from the White House, as well as a...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
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The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
WILLIAM ADAIR is a frame historian, conservator, and gilder in Washington, D.C. (WHH #54) WILLIAM G. ALLMAN served more than...
8:00 - 8:50 am Networking Breakfast Willard Hotel Crystal & Willard Rooms 8:50 - 9:00 am Drawing Willard Hotel Ballroom Must be present to...
Families taking up residence at the White House since the Theodore Roosevelt administration have encountered the public's insatiable appetite for...
The 2016 White House Christmas ornament honors the administration of the thirty-first president of the United States Herbert Hoover, who served...