President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman Returning to the ...
Caption: President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (foreground, second from right) are arriving at the White House to reoccupy the building after the massive renovation project... More
Official Photographer of the White House Renovation
Caption: The official photographs of the renovation of the White House are being taken by Abbie Rowe, photographer, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Mr. Rowe and the equipment used by him in ... More
West View in the Third Floor Corridor of the White House during the Re...
Caption: West view of the third floor corridor of the White House during the renovation. Carpenters are laying finish floor of red oak in herring-bone design over sub-flooring. Photographs Relating to the Admi... More
North Wall of the State Dining Room of the White House during Renovati...
Caption: North wall of the State Dining Room. The marks on the brick from west to east are an old stairway. In the opposite direction, the holes for supports of the later stairway, removed in 1902, can be seen... More
Southwest View of the Red Room - U.S. National Archives Public Domain ...
Caption: This is a southwest view in the Red Room during the renovation of the White House. Carpenters are laying wooden blocks in tar course preparatory to laying sub-flooring. Photographs Relating to the Adm... More
Second Floor Corridor of the White House during the Renovation
Caption: View of the north wall of the second floor corridor of the White House during the renovation. The truss work in the walls of the North Hall have been removed. Photographs Relating to the Administration... More
North View in Pantry on First Floor of White House During the Renovati...
Caption: North view inside the pantry on the first floor kitchen of the White House during the renovation. All people are unidentified. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of ... More
South View in Kitchen of White House during Renovation
Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Southwest View of the North Portico of the White House during the Reno...
Caption: The southwest view of the North Portico of the White House during the renovation. The old worn sandstone steps have been removed and will be replaced by stone steps. Photographs Relating to the Admini... More
Northeast View of the White House Blue Room
Caption: Northeast view of the White House Blue Room during the White House renovation. Employees of the B. Altman Company, New York, are tacking the wall covering of blue damask with gold motif on the east si... More
Refurnishing the White House after the Renovation
Caption: Several unidentified workmen carefully hoist the F. G. Coates portrait of President Woodrow Wilson into position over the mantel in the Red Room. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and... More
East Wall of the Red Room - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...
Caption: The bricks of the east wall of the Red Room, with doorways into the Blue Room, are exposed during the White House renovation. Below the arches are the bricked up doorways dating from about 1795. The ... More
North View of the White House Blue Room
Caption: North view of the White House Blue Room, towards the entrance of the White House during the White House renovation. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
White House Lobby During the Renovation
Caption: Northeast view of White House Lobby from the Main corridor during the renovation. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Renovation Work on the White House
Caption: The inside of the White House, after being gutted to accomplish the renovation. Iron beams hold up the original walls of the White House, which were not replaced. Photographs Relating to the Administra... More
Bedroom and Sitting Room of the White House during the Renovation
Caption: Photograph taken in sitting room number 16 looking west into small bedroom number 17 at the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. The studding between these rooms and the sub-floorin... More
Northeast View of the White House Blue Room
Caption: Northeast view of the White House Blue Room during the renovation of the White House. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Second Floor Corridor of the White House
Caption: View showing timber construction of the White House, dating from the restoration of the White House following the destruction by British forces in August, 1814, of the north central corridor, second fl... More
White House Red Room Wall - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...
Caption: Design, dating from 1902, near base of the west wall of the Red Room. This photo was taken during the renovation of the White House. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Lif... More
View of the Northeast Corner of the White House during the Renovation
Caption: View of the northeast corner of the White House during renovation. Workmen are installing reinforced steel for laying of the concrete roofs of the Fan Room and other rooms in this area. Photographs Re... More
View of the South Portico of the White House
Caption: A view of the South Portico of the White House is seen above without scaffolding, as renovation work nears completion. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Southwest View in the Kitchen of White House during Renovation
Caption: Southeast view in the kitchen of the White House during renovation. Several African American kitchen workers can be seen. All are unidentified. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and P... More
East Wall of the State Dining Room of the White House during the Renov...
Caption: East wall of the State Dining Room with doorways into the Red Room. The design above, uncovered when the oak paneling was removed, dates from 1902. The old fireplace, bricked up since 1902,is also seen... More
View from the Lincoln Room during the White House Renovation
Caption: View from the Lincoln Room northeast into Rose Room (Room 12) and Room 11, during the White House renovation. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Northeast View of the State Dining Room during the White House Renovat...
Caption: Northeast view of the State Dining Room during the White House renovation. Most of the paneling has been re-installed. The pilaster in the foreground is painted light green, which is to be applied to a... More
North View of the White House Blue Room
Caption: North view of the White House Blue Room during the White House renovation. The central door leads to the main corridor. The chartered oak floor, in herringbone design, is partially laid. Photographs ... More
Construction Equipment inside the White House
Caption: A bulldozer removing debris from the inside of the White House, during the renovation of the building. The bulldozer had to be taken apart and moved into the White House in pieces, as President Harry S... More
White House, Lower Corridor - U.S. National Archives Public Domain pho...
Caption: Photograph taken from the east entrance of the lower corridor of the White House, looking west with the East Room above. The workmen are demolishing the walls of the lower corridor. Photographs Relati... More
Second Floor Oval Study above Blue Room during the White House Renovat...
Caption: Two unidentified men stand in what remains of the second floor Oval Study above the Blue Room. The north wall and part of the floor have been removed for the installation of steel shoring columns. Phot... More
New Steps of the South Portico Being Erected during the White House Re...
Caption: New steps of the South Portico are being erected during the White House renovation. The steps and facing are of Missouri limestone with a concrete base. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Fam... More
Northeast View of the State Dining Room during the White House Renovat...
Caption: Northeast view of the State Dining Room during the White House renovation. The carpenters are laying the quartered white oak floor in a herringbone design. Photographs Relating to the Administration, ... More
Broadcast Room on Ground Floor of White House
Caption: The Broadcast Room on the ground floor of the White House, after the renovation. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Broken Beam under Margaret Truman's Sitting Room
Caption: A photograph of a split beam under the room Margaret Truman occupied as a sitting room while in the White House. From the "Report of the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion. Photograp... More
White House Main Stairway - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...
Caption: View from the first floor landing to the basement during the removal of the Joliet stone steps from the main stairway of the White House. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Persona... More
Workmen Removing a Wall of the White House during the Renovation
Caption: Unidentified workmen are shown removing the west wall between the Rose Room and the main stairway of the White House. The whole bricks are being separated for storage. Photographs Relating to the Admi... More
Joists at Northeast Corner of the Red Room
Caption: These joists at the northeast corner of the Red Room were uncovered during the renovation of the White House. The joists were cut into and weakened apparently to provide space for the pipes to the bat... More
West Wall of State Dining Room at the White House
Caption: View of west wall of State Dining Room. On the left is the old fireplace bricked up in 1902 when the new fireplace and mantel were erected to the north at the center of the wall. The extension of the... More
Dismantling a Bathtub in the White House
Caption: Two unidentified workmen are dismantling the bathtub in room B-17, in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House during the renovation. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Fami... More
Fireplace in the East Room of the White House
Caption: View above the northeast fireplace of the East Room of the White House, taken during the renovation. Some of the brickwork was cut out in installing the water pipes. The design above on the right dates... More
Removing Debris from the Renovation of the White House
Caption: On the left, a truck crane is lifting a 40-foot beam through the southwest window of Room 20 on the second floor of the White House. On the right, debris from the hopper is being loaded on a truck. Pho... More
Northeast View in the East Room during the White House Renovation
Caption: Northeast view in the East Room during White House renovation. Stacks of lumber are destined to become new floorboards. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman
Northwest View of Second Floor Corridor of White House during the Reno...
Caption: Northwest view of the second floor corridor into the West Sitting Room of the White House during the renovation. White House books are being replaced on shelves of new bookcases by unidentified Librar... More