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Haviland & Co. Porcelain hot chocolate set by Théodore Haviland, Limoges, circa 1895–1905. Haviland & Co. is a manufacturer of Limoges porcelain in France, begun in the 1840s by the American Haviland family, importers of porcelain to the US, which has always been the main market. Its finest period is generally accepted to be the late 19th ...
The Clinton china service being used for a state dinner To commemorate the bicentennial of the White House, the Clintons ordered 300 12-piece place settings in 2000. Unlike previous White House china services, the Clinton china included a border of pale, creamy yellow, rather than a brighter primary color, and images of the White House, instead ...
Haviland did not begin stamping their name on the back of their china until 1876. A large number of reproduction china services, made of hard-paste porcelain and stamped "Administration/Abraham Lincoln" (in black or red color) on the back, [75] were made for sale at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. [24]
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1996 United States campaign finance controversy. The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy, sometimes referred to as Chinagate, was an effort by the People's Republic of China to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.
The world has vastly changed since the 1860s, and so has protection for presidents. Protective details have grown in size, responsibility and technology over more than a century of the Secret ...
The Commerce Department trade mission controversy was an American political controversy in the 1990s during the Clinton Administration. It refers to the alleged selling of seats on United States federal planes going on international trade missions, for the purpose of raising campaign contributions. No official charges were ever made in ...
The list of presidents of the United States by net worth at peak varies greatly. Debt and depreciation often means that presidents' net worth is less than $0 at the time of death. [1] Most presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, especially Andrew Jackson and George Washington. Presidents since 1929, when Herbert Hoover took office, have ...