Apparently, my April Fool’s joke was to forget to change the front page for the month, but I’ve done it now. I’ve chosen a pic of party guests in the China Room in 1958, one of my favorites.
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Hi Derek. The new photo of the Kennedy Garden on the “What’s New” page is mis-dated. It doesn’t show the Truman Balcony on the south portico, which had been built by 1950, and I believe the pool shown here disappeared when FDR reconstructed the East Wing. I would guess that this photo dates to the 1920s.
Oh, of course! I didn’t read the LOC entry closely enough. That pic could be anytime in the 1930s or 40s.
The South Portico shows the small screened section that was in place in the 1920s, but no later, I think.
The clothes are interesting. The men have white dinner jackets, which to me suggests black tie in the summer. One woman looks extremely formal in a floor length gown, while the other looks like she is going to a fancy lunch.
Is anyone else not able to get the historic Blue Room photos? I am always redirected to other sites.
Dennis, I got a 404 error too, but then I reloaded the page, and it came in fine. To save bandwidth, I moved a bunch of images to another web domain that I control, but not for that page.
I am still not getting the historic Blue Room photos. Anyone else?
Did you note Michele Obama’s photo in the Family Dining Room in the most recent issue of Good Housekeeping?