Tonight, Secret America aired on the Discovery Channel, and one portion of it concerned the White House. At one point, a Library of Congress curator shows a detailed drawing of a castle-like design for a summer White House in the Rocky Mountains. This is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before; and it doesn’t appear to be available on the LOC website.
Does anyone know more about it?
The White House has released a number of new photos taken in the West Wing. Here are an interesting couple of photos of the president chatting with Congressional leaders on the patio outside the Chief of Staff Office, a site rarely seen. Also, a really good one of the ceiling medallion in the Oval Office. And here is one looking thru the passage between the Blue Room and the Green Room that really shows the paneled storage doors.
And cheers to Nancy Reagan (shown here on left) on the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth.
I also came across an interesting article from TV Guide in 1954 on Mongomery’s consultation.
UPDATE: And speaking of television, I just added a review of the White House depicted in the 1999 movie Wild Wild West to the movies and TV page.
The White House has released a fine portrait of first dog Bo and even a baseball-card fact sheet.
Time also has a pic of the vegetable garden bee hive and the first lady in the vegetable garden the other day.
I’ve added a few more photos of Lady Bird Johnson in the family quarters from the Life photo shoot in 1964. I had some already, but it’s such a rich and illustrative “visot” with the first lady, that I decided to add more.
Different view of the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue…. A tree blew down overnight. Time has the pic.
The Washington Post updated its West Wing information pages, now called “Inside Obama’s West Wing” recently and made them more fancy and interactive (altho not much more accurate in the floor plan, it seems). Now there is a bit of animation and some pop-up pictures of the residents of each office. Kind of cool.
I’ve modified the blog settings to accept comments with 1 or 2 external links automatically (rather than just 1), so fewer comments get hung up for moderation.
Nancy Reagan visited the other day, and Pete Souza gave us a nice photo of the current and former first ladies in the Family Residence Dining Room.
I’ve added a few new photos from the White House photostream and one from Time showing a new rug in the Diplomatic Reception Room. I’ll be adding some more from the NBC Inside the Obama White House special.
Thanks to everyone who sent notes or commented with tips!
Colton and others note that NBC is showing “Inside the Obama White House” on Tuesday and Wednesday this week at 9 PM Eastern. Brian Williams: “We will show aspects of life in the White House — the Obama White House — that no one on the outside has ever seen before.” We’ll be the judge of that, Brian. From the preview videos, he seems to regard Bo as a “get.”
Also from the preview, we do see the Palm Room, Chief of Staff Office, and parts of the East Wing. Here’s hoping we see the master bedroom and bath, girls’ bedrooms, and a brief tour of the basement and West Wing ground floor. If only these people would consult us beforehand….
I’ve changed the front page, at the suggestion of long-time visitor Jack Montgomery, to a pic of the June wedding of Tricia Nixon in the Rose Garden. As usual, you can find the history of front pages on the Front Page Gallery page.
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