President William McKinley's War Room
This photograph of the War Room by Frances Benjamin Johnston was taken in 1898 during the William McKinley administration. Telegraph equipment and maps tacked to the walls helped track military movements during the Spanish-American War. Seated at the telegraph desk on the left is Benjamin F. Montgomery.
Benjamin F. Montgomery, left, mans the telegraph desk. Today this is the Lincoln Sitting Room.
- Photographer
- Frances Benjamin Johnston
- Date of Work
- 1898
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
