DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Ceremonial Court:
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SIAHCC_021216_01.JPG: The Roosevelts.
On the main stairway in the east end of the White House, Archie Roosevelt sits and Kermit stands with two of their many housemates, a Manchester terrier named Jack and Eli, a macaw.
The Roosevelts had four other children: Theodore Jr, Ethel, Quentin, and the irrepressible eldest daughter, Alice, about whom President Roosevelt once said, "I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both." The children had several other pets, including a rat named Jonathan; Tom Quartz, a kitten; Emily Spinach, a green snake; two kangaroo rats; a flying squirrel; and Algonquin, a pony. (Algonquin once ascended to the second floor of the White House, but not by this route. He took the elevator.)
The Roosevelt children were, like their father, adventurous. They were known to borrow trays from the kitchen and use them to slide down the staircases. By all accounts, Roosevelt was exactly right when he said of the White House, "Perhaps others have lived longer in the place and enjoyed it quite as much, but none have ever really had more fun out of it than we have."
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Description of Subject Matter: Ceremonial Court
April 6, 1989 – July 16, 2006
The exhibition provides a glimpse of White House family life and serves as a setting for objects associated with the presidents. The entry closely resembles the Cross Hall of the White House as it was renovated in 1902 during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. The Hall includes two trompe l'oeil paintings--one depicting the Roosevelt children at play on the Grand Staircase in the White House and the other depicting the State Dining Room.Re-creations of other White House spaces from 1902 to the present are also on view.
Plaster work, mantels, pilasters, giant mirrors, and crystal chandeliers came to the Smithsonian after a complete reconstruction and renovation of the White House by McKim, Meade, and White during the 1950s. On view are examples of White House china from George Washington's Chinese export porcelain to more recent patterns, and fine examples of American art glass, jewelry, red earthenware, silver, stoneware, and painted tinware.
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Trips this year: Two weeks out west, one week in New York, and one week down south.
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