The television president

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I added a few photos from Life‘s spread on Robert Montgomery at the White House in 1953-54. I already had a few from another version of the photo set on the page where the Broadcast Room once was. Montgomery was a popular actor and television presenter in the 1950s, active in Republican politics, who helped Eisenhower become the first president to regularly and professionally appear on television (a medium Ike loved).

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.

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  2. I’m going to answer my own question and guess that it is a renovated office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, judging from the venetian blinds and arched doorways.

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