tinydancer
Diamond Member
These are really amazing pictures. It's actually shocking to see how degraded the structure of the White House was at the time. I've just put up a few.
And there's a video with Jackie Kennedy talking about the renovations.
This was the Blue Room stripped down:
Wow:
More at the link:
Fascinating black and white photographs show the Truman-era reconstruction of the White House after it was declared in danger of collapsing | Mail Online
And there's a video with Jackie Kennedy talking about the renovations.
This was the Blue Room stripped down:
Wow:
More at the link:
Fascinating black and white photographs show the Truman-era reconstruction of the White House after it was declared in danger of collapsing | Mail Online