Presidential residences

East view in Bathroom of Room 213 of the White House after renovation.

Northeast view in bathroom attached to Room 220 with door of medicine cabinet closed. This was taken in the White House after renovation.

Kitchen of the White House during renovation.

Large steel beam to be installed on the second floor level east and west across the oval on the line of the south wall of the building, during the renovation of the White House.

President Truman addresses crowd from the porch of the ancestral home of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt during dedication of the site as a national shrine on the first anniversary of President Roosevelt's death. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman pats Fala, pet dog of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, on the porch of the Roosevelt ancestral home at Hyde Park, New York. The estate was turned over to the government as a national shrine on the first anniversary of the death of President Roosevelt. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

May Almighty God give us wisdom to carry on in the way of Franklin D. Roosevelt, were words spoken by President Harry S. Truman from the porch of the Roosevelt ancestral home at Hyde Park, New York on the first anniversary of his death. The estate was turned over to the government as a national shrine. This photograph shows President Truman fairly close-up at the podium. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt chat as they stand on the parch of the library at the Hyde Park estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt during dedication ceremonies making the home and grave site a national shrine. Man at right is unidentified. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (center, on porch) and guests stand during ceremonies at the Hyde Park, New York estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicating the home and grave site as a national shrine. This is a distance view of the ceremony. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

Flower in garden at White House after renovation.