Oval Office: Media
office, White House, Washington, District of Columbia
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William Howard Taft signs legislation making Arizona a state in the Oval Office he...
© Library of CongressâCorbis Historical/Getty Images
Pres. Ronald Reagan working in the Oval Office at the historic desk, which was a...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (75856205)
A monograph published in 1857 depicting the abandonment of ships, including the Resolute,...
The British Library (Public Domain Mark)
An engraving depicting Queen Victoria's visit to the HMS Resolute, a ship...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-03087)
When the HMS Resolute was decommissioned, the queen had the ship's wood...
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The U.S. president was the recipient of a surprise gift from the queen of England:...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery (object no. NPG.2019.11)
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay, signing, on behalf of the United States, the memorandum...
Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain, vol. II, by Nelson A. Miles, 1899
John F. Kennedy, Jr., peering out of the trapdoor in the Resolute Desk in a photo...
Stanley TretickâLOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-L9-63-1558-I, no. 13)
Pres. Barack Obama signing an executive orderâthe White House Initiative on Educational...
White House Photo
A plaque on the desk explaining its amazing origin story from ice-bound ship to Oval...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (176317522)
Elvis Presley met with Richard Nixon in the Oval Office hours after showing up at...
Oliver F. AtkinsâWhite House Photo/Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Jacob Philadelphia feels the hair of Pres. Barack Obama in the Oval Office in 2009....
Pete SouzaâOfficial White House Photo
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama meeting with Sen. Susan Collins in the Oval Office to discuss...
Photograph by Pete Souza/The White House
Eugene J. McCarthy meeting with Lyndon B. Johnson (back to camera) in the Cabinet...
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director-designate George Bush meeting with Pres....
David Hume KennerlyâOfficial White House Photo/Gerald R. Ford Library
Pres. George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama meeting in the Oval Office...
Eric Draper/The White House
George W. Bush sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, with his father, George H.W....
Eric Draper/The White House
Steny Hoyer (left), Nancy Pelosi, and Pres. George W. Bush in the Oval Office, 2006.
Eric Draper/The White House
Gerald Ford at his desk in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 1975.
Marion S. Trikosko/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. ppmsca.08467)
Pres. Gerald R. Ford (right) in the Oval Office with White House chief of staff Donald...
David Hume KennerlyâOfficial White House Photo/Gerald R. Ford Library
Richard Holbrooke (left), Pres. Barack Obama, and Vice Pres. Joe Biden (right) in...
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Vice Pres. Kamala Harris sharing a laugh with Pres. Joe Biden in the Oval Office...
Adam SchultzâOfficial White House Photo
(From left) U.S. Pres. Barack Obama, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority...
Pete SouzaâOfficial White House Photo
U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (second from right) witnessing the official signing into law...
Pete SouzaâOfficial White House Photo
Rahm Emanuel with U.S. Pres. Barack Obama in the White House Oval Office, 2009.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
René Pleven (seated right) with U.S. Pres. Harry Truman in the White House Oval Office,...
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (200264)
Malala Yousafzai during her visit with U.S. Pres. Barack Obama in the Oval Office,...
Pete SouzaâOfficial White House Photo
Interactives
Perhaps the most famous workplace in history, the Oval Office is rich with history...
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