The President's Room
| Title | The President's Room |
| Artist/Maker | ACME Newspictures, Inc. |
| Date | 1945-03-02 |
| Medium | Photograph, black and white |
| Dimensions | h. 9 x w. 7.125 in. (h. 22.86 x w. 18.0975 cm) |
| Credit Line | U.S. Senate Collection |
| Accession Number | 38.01329.001 |
- Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
- Inscription
(verso, along top, handwritten in graphite): Washington DC - Bldgs - / capital - interior [circled]
Sticker (verso, top right, in black ink): historicimages.com / [barcode] / mja56268
Inscription (verso, center, handwritten in graphite): #4 [circled]
Inscription (verso, center right, handwritten in graphite): Mar 18 - 45 / Page 4 / [illeg.]
Label (verso, bottom center, in blue ink): W 75239IRO (4) / THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM / ONE OF THE MOST RICHLY APPOINTED CHAMBERS IN / THE BUILDING IS THE PRESIDENT'S ROOM, IN THE / SENATE EXTENSION. THE FIRST CHIEF EXECUTIVE / TO USE THE ROOM WAS LINCOLN AND THE LAST TO SIGN BILLS HERE WAS "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT. THE / MASSIVE CHANDELIER WAS GOLD-PLATED AT A COST / OF $25,000. TODAY, THE MAGNIFICENT ROOM IS USED AS A RECEPTION ROOM OF SORTS BY SENATORS. / BECAUSE OF DEPRADATIONS OF SOUVENIR HUNTERS, / TOURISTS MAY VIEW THE ROOM ONLY FROM BEHIND / A PLUSH ROPE AT THE DOOR. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) / 3/2/45) / ACME ROTO SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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