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West Sitting Room at the White House

58-531-080
Accession Number
58-531-080
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 345250699
Keywords
Building repair and reconstruction
Dwellings
Presidential residences
HST Keywords
White House - Miscellaneous - Renovation
Rights

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Credit:
Abbie Rowe
National Park Service

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Southeast view from the West Sitting Room into Room 19. The steel girder, on the south side of the room, was installed in 1902 to support the floor by rods after removal of the old corridor wall below on the first floor to increase the size of the State Dining Room. From a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.
Date(s)
February 20, 1950