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View of west wall of the main stairs from the first floor to the second floor during the renovation of the White House. The wooden support for the original stairs, from first floor to landing below second floor can be seen. Photograph taken from East Room after east wall of stairs was removed.

Photograph taken from the window of Room G-28 looking west along the north wall of the White House. The area in the foreground has been excavated below the basement floor and all interior walls removed to the west archway below the Main Stairs.

Renovation work on the South Portico of the White House.

Northeast view in the East Room of the White House showing steel columns erected to support the third Floor and attic during renovation work. At left workmen have started to take down the wall between the East Room and Green Room.

View of fireplace on the west wall of Bedroom Number 20 and doorway into Sitting Room Number 19. The fireplace and doorway have been bricked in below the original arches. This was taken during the renovation of the White House.

Members of the American Institute of Architects, meeting in Washington D. C., are viewing a special exhibit on the White House renovation work in the storage building on the South Grounds of the White House.

A bulldozer removing debris from the inside of the White House, during the renovation of the building. The bulldozer had to be taken apart and moved into the White House in pieces, as President Harry S. Truman would not allow a hole large enough to fit the bulldozer to be cut into the walls of the White House.

Members of the American Institute of Architects, meeting in Washington, D. C., on visit to the White House, photographed on the North Portico. Renovation work is going on.

West wall from small Bedroom NO. 17 during White House renovation. The wooden joists date from 1815-1818.

View of south front of the White House and the storage building housing special exhibits during visit of members of the Institute of Architects, in convention in Washington, D.C. The renovation work is going on.