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The White House Throughout the Years: A Vogue-guided Tour

By Madeleine Luckel
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    Photographed by Server Balkin, Vogue, February 1943
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    Mrs. Harry Hopkins, a Washington nurse’s aide, photographed at the White House during FDR’s administration.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue
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    First Lady Mamie Eisenhower in the ballroom of the White House.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1967
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    First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stands under an American elm tree on the White House grounds.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1967
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    The White House.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1967
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    The South Portico, viewed through magnolia trees which President Andrew Jackson planted in memory of his wife.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1967
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    The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which was named for her in 1965 by First Lady Lady Bird Johnson.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, February 1967
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    A close-up of flowers in the White House garden.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, May 1969
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    First Lady Pat Nixon in the private drawing room of the White House.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1975
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    First Lady Betty Ford, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1975
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    The State Dining Room, set for a party and with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln seen in the background.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, April 1975
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    A White House plate includes the Tiffany & Co.-designed china, which depicted an eagle surrounded by wildflowers.

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    Photographed by Horst P. Horst, Vogue, May 1981
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    Nancy Reagan in the White House’s Red Room.

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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, December 1998
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    Hillary Rodham Clinton, photographed for her 1998 Vogue cover in the Red Room of the White House.

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    First Lady Laura Bush in the White House private quarters.

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    First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama in the Red Room.

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    Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, December 2016
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    First Lady Michelle Obama, photographed for her final Vogue cover story as First Lady.

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