President's Dining Room
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The President's Dining Room is a dining room located in the northwest corner of the second floor of the White House. It is located directly above the Family Dining Room on the State Floor and looks ou
The Prince of Wales Room some time between 1897 and 1900, when it served as First Lady Ida McKinley's bedroom
Lincoln Bedroom in 1947
The President's Dining Room after its creation during the Kennedy administration
The President's Dining Room in 1976, after the Zuber wallpaper was removed
William Wallace Lincoln
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William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln was the third son of U.S. President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Willie was named after Mary's brother-in-law, Dr. William Smith Wallace. He died of typhoid fever at
President's Dining Room
…velvet wallpaper with crimson stripes and repetitive golden images of a moss rose tree in bloom. In this configuration, the bedroom was used by young Willie Lincoln, who died of fever in this room in 1862. On April 16, 1865, Dr. Janvier Woodward and Dr. Edward Curtis autopsied, and Dr. Charles D. Brown embalmed…
Lincoln c. 1859–1860
Willie and Tad with Mary's first cousin, Lockwood Todd, in Mathew Brady's studio in 1861