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The first room in the White House to carry the name "Lincoln Bedroom" was in the northwest corner of the White House. It existed from 1929 (at which time it was changed from the Prince of Wales Bedroom) until 1961, when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy transformed it into the President's Dining Room.
Jacqueline Kennedy considered taking the room for herself in 1961, but settled instead on the traditional master suite. Between 1902 and 1963, the room was known as the Rose Room. Anna Roosevelt , daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt , moved into the room in 1944 and served as the President's assistant and White House hostess during her ...
A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy was a television special featuring the first lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy, on a tour of the recently renovated White House. It was broadcast on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1962, on both CBS and NBC, and broadcast four days later on ABC. [1]
Building on the work of Jackie Kennedy, First Lady Pat Nixon worked with the Committee for the Preservation of the White House to acquire some 600 examples of 19th century American furniture, art ...
This floor was once used for staff bedrooms, but no staff currently live in the White House. [110] Jacqueline Kennedy extensively decorated these rooms with her favorite White House antiques, with her best known room being the "Empire Guest Room" (finished in First French Empire style). [111]
Jacqueline kneels on the bedroom floor, reading a storybook to her children, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy, at the White House, Washington, D.C. in 1962. John F. Kennedy Library—Getty ...
The White House Historical Association, established by Jackie Kennedy in 1961, serves as an additional source of funding for major acquisitions and projects. This private, nonprofit organization ...
During the Kennedy White House restoration, interior designer Stéphane Boudin proposed painting the room in a style used in 17th and 18th century England and Normandy. Boudin had used a similar treatment in the Blue Bedroom at Leeds Castle in Kent, England.