NOW THAT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE IS ON, ATTENTION IS ONCE AGAIN FOCUSED ON THE WHITE HOUSE AND ITS CHIEF TENANT.
So here is a glimpse inside the White House and the famous Resolute Desks that feature so prominently in the hit movie 'National Treasure 2'!
President's Oval Office & Resolute Desks ![]()
The Oval Office with new draperies
at Christmas, 2010 (White House -
Pete Souza)
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The Oval Office in new livery, 2010 (BBC - Reuters)
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View from the desk, 2010 (Huffington
Post - AP)
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The new rug, 2010 (BBC - Reuters)
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Barack Obama enters the Oval Office
for his first full day as president, 2009 (White
House - Pete Souza)
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Barack Obama speaking with Hillary Clinton
in 2009; note the change of paintings (White
House - Pete Souza)
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President Bush meets with
President-elect Obama in 2008 (White
House)
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The new Oval Office flooring, 2005
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Hand-tinted photo of William Howard
Taft's original Oval Office
in the center of the West Wing, circa 1909 (White House Historical Association)
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The office around 2006, looking south
(White House Historical Association)
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President Bush takes a photo of
close friends in 2008 (Ruawildeone
- White House)
Computer recreation of George W
Bush's Oval Office (Google Sketchup
- Peter Sharkey)
Computer recreation of George W
Bush's Oval Office (Google Sketchup
- Peter Sharkey)
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The office around 2006, looking
northwest (White House Historical Association)
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George W Bush meeting with rock
star and AIDS activist Bono in 2005 (White
House - Eric Draper)
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George W Bush commemorating the
Americans with Disabilities Act in Oval Office in 2005 (White House - Eric Draper)
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George W Bush hosting a meeting in
the Oval Office decorated with the new presidential rug on December 20, 2001 (White
House - Paul Morse)
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George W Bush in the Oval Office,
circa 2001, using the Reagan rug (White House)
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George W Bush in front of the open
door to the study and (at far end) dining room in 2001 (White
House)
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The Clinton Oval Office, circa 1996 (Clinton Library)
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The Clinton Oval Office, circa 1996
(White House Historical Association)
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Replica of the Clinton Oval Office
at the Clinton Library (Larry
Miller)
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George HW Bush and members of his
staff at work Oval Office, circa 1992 (White
House Historical Association)
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George HW Bush and members of his
staff at work Oval Office, circa 1992 (Bush
Library)
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George HW Bush and members of his staff
at work Oval Office, circa 1990 (NARA
- Bush Library)
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George HW Bush and members of his
staff at work Oval Office, circa 1990 (NARA
- Bush Library)
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Ronald Reagan wraps up some
business on his last day office in 1989 (Reagan
Library)
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Replica of the Reagan Oval Office
in the Reagan Library
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The Reagan Oval Office in 1981
(using the Ford-Carter decor) (Reagan
Library)
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Jimmy Carter meeting with Israeli
Prime Minister Golda Meir in 1977 (NARA
- Carter Library)
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The Carter Oval Office in 1977
(Carter used Ford's final decor) (NARA
- Carter Library)
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Reproduction of the Ford Oval
Office in the Ford Library
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Gerald Ford in the Oval Office,
circa 1974 (still using Nixon's decor) (Ford
Library)
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Richard Nixon with comedian and
golf-enthusiast Bob Hope in 1973 (NARA)
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Richard Nixon talking with the
Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969 (NARA)
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The Oval Office in 1969, with
Johnson's decor and Nixon's desk (White House
Historical Association)
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LBJ and his staff monitor
television coverage of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Johnson Library)
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Replica of the Johnson Oval Office,
circa 1966, in the Johnson Library (Daniel Stout)
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The Johnson Oval Office in 1964,
still using the red Kennedy rug (Johnson Library)
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The Johnson Oval Office in 1964,
temporarily using the final Kennedy rug and curtains but with
LBJ's desk—built for him by the Senate cabinet shop (White House Historical Society) ![]()
The new Kennedy Oval Office in
1963, completed while the first couple was visiting Dallas
and dismantled after the assassination, before Mrs. Kennedy returned (Kennedy Library) ![]()
The new Kennedy Oval Office in
1963; note JFK's footrest to ease his back pain (Kennedy
Library)
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The Oval Office in 1962, with
Truman's decor and the Resolute desk (White
House Historical Association)
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John Kennedy in a rocking chair,
around 1962 (Life)
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John Kennedy in the Oval Office,
1961 (still using the Truman/Eisenhower decor) (NARA
- Kennedy Library)
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John Kennedy around 1961 (Life)
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The Eisenhower Oval Office in 1960 (National Geographic)
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The Eisenhower Oval Office, circa
1956 (Eisenhower
Library)
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The Eisenhower Oval Office, circa
1956 (Eisenhower
Library)
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The Eisenhower Oval Office, circa
1956 (Eisenhower
Library)
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The north view in 1950 (NARA)
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The east doors to the Rose Garden,
circa 1950 (Truman
Library - Abbie Rowe)
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The modern Oval Office in 1947,
famous for Truman's "The
Buck Stops Here" sign (Truman Library)
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A recreation of Truman's Oval
Office at the Truman Library (Truman Library)
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Truman Oval Office in 1946, with
Roosevelt decor (NARA)
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Truman Oval Office in 1945, with
portraits of FDR, Simón Bolívar,
and George Washington (Truman
Library)
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Close-up of the Roosevelt valance,
same as presidents before him, back to Taft (NARA)
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Franklin Roosevelt's first modern
Oval Office, circa 1936 (Library of Congress -
Theodor Horydczak)
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Franklin Roosevelt with secretary
Missy Le Hand, circa 1935 (White
House [Roosevelt Library])
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Replica of FDR's Oval Office in the
Roosevelt Library (Roosevelt Library)
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FDR's Oval Office in 1945 (Life)
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Herbert Hoover in 1932 (NARA)
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Herbert Hoover in the rebuilt Oval
Office in 1930 (Corbis)
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Aftermath of the Christmas Eve fire
in the old West Wing, 1929 (Library of Congress)
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The Coolidge Oval Office in 1927 (Library
of Congress - Harris & Ewing)
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The Oval Office around 1925
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Calvin Coolidge in 1923 (Library of Congress)
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The original Oval Office in 1923
(the black crepe memorializes President Harding) (Library of Congress)
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The original Oval Office circa 1923
(probably taken at the same time as the one above) (Library of Congress)
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The original Oval Office circa 1921
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Woodrow Wilson signs the Army &
Navy bill in 1918
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Woodrow Wilson at his desk, circa
1917
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Hand-tinted photo of the William
Howard Taft's original Oval Office
in the center of the West Wing, circa 1909 (White House Historical Association) ![]()
The original Oval Office, circa
1909
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Hand-tinted photo of Theodore
Roosevelt's original West Wing office in 1904 (now the Roosevelt
Room),
directly adjoining his Cabinet Room (Library of Congress) ![]()
Theodore Roosevelt (at center) with
his Cabinet in 1903 (Library of Congress)
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The new Oval Office flooring, 2005 (Rode
Bros. Flooring)
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