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View from the East Sitting Room as the large ornamental design at the center of the East Room ceiling is being lowered. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

View in southwest corner of Room 18, second floor. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

View of west wall of State Dining Room. On the left is the old fireplace bricked up in 1902 when the new fireplace and mantel were erected to the north at the center of the wall. The extension of the flue to the main chimney is seen above the mantel. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Steel shoring column in Servant's Dining room (G-24) looking northwest. The column is on a concrete foundation 30 feet below grade. A cross beam connects with another column on the south at the north wall of the corridor. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Underpinning pit with cribbing along north wall of lower corridor (G-30) outside the Library. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Detail of the north wall of the Blue Room after the removal of the plaster from the walls. The jambs of the doorways to the Red Room (left) and Green Room (right) have also been removed. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Southwest view in the small bedroom at the northwest corner of the White House (Room 11). The wood lath on the west wall dates from 1815-1818. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Closeup of the old wood lath on the west wall of Room 11, at the northwest corner of the White House. It dates from 1815-1818, when the building was reconstructed after being burnt by British forces, August 24, 1814. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Niche in the northwest side of the Study (Room 21). In recent years, book shelves were installed in this niche and in the one opposite on the northeast side. Before 1902, photographs show windows in the niches. The ventilating duct, seen below, was probably in use at an earlier date. This is from a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.

Southeast view from the West Sitting Room into Room 19. The steel girder, on the south side of the room, was installed in 1902 to support the floor by rods after removal of the old corridor wall below on the first floor to increase the size of the State Dining Room. From a series of photographs of the renovation of the White House.