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The Truman china. As a result of the 1948–1952 White House renovation, the State Dining Room color was changed, and the Trumans wanted a new china service to match ...
Our Changing White House. Boston: Northeastern University Press. ISBN 1-55553-222-5. Klapthor, Margaret Brown (1999). White House China: 1789 to the Present. New York City: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-3993-2. Leish, Kenneth W (1972). The White House. New York City: Newsweek. ISBN 0-88225-020-5. Monkman, Betty C (2000). The White House: Its ...
The Public Buildings Administration was asked to investigate the condition of the White House, but no action was taken until January 1948. After the commissioner of the Public Buildings Administration, which had responsibility for the White House, noticed the Blue Room chandelier swaying overhead during another crowded reception, he and the White House Architect conducted their own on-site ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials and ordinary people are hopeful but on edge as Donald Trump returns to the White House, eager to avoid a repeat of the bruising trade war that drove a wedge ...
Senior White House officials met on Friday with telecommunications executives to discuss China's "significant cyber espionage campaign targeting the sector," the White House said. Earlier this ...
Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone in the White House Cabinet Room, while Bess Truman looks on.. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought re-election in the 1944 presidential election.
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The Truman reconstruction of the White House in 1952 replaced the 1815 pine beams installed during the reconstruction of the house after its burning by the British in 1814. President Harry S. Truman had the ancient beams sawn and installed as paneling in the Vermeil Room, China Room , and Library .