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Johnny Johnson in the Presidents Dining Room

In this photograph White House butler Johnny Johnson sets the table in the President's Dining Room with china from the state service of President Abraham Lincoln. The President's Dining Room is located on the Second Floor of the Executive Mansion in the northwest corner. The President's Dining Room was originally a bedroom referred to as the Prince of Wales Room after the 1860 visit of Edward Albert, Queen Victoria's son who would later become King Edward VII. It was not until the Kennedy administration that the room became the President's Dining Room and main eating room for the First Family. The dining room also features sideboards decorated with the silver and a Jean Zuber & Co. wallpaper depicting scenes from the American Revolution and natural landmarks.
Photographer
George F. Mobley
Date of Work
March 1963
Type
Photograph
Credit
White House Historical Association