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These are the most recent photos added to the site. For more on recent history, check the The Oval Office weblog.

December 22, 2009

Air Force One (a whole new page with many new images)

VC-25A Air Force One (How Stuff Works)

Doctor's Office

President Obama gets a flu vaccination in an exam room in 2009 (White House - Pete Souza)

November 27, 2009

Butler's Pantry

View throught the window in the door in 2009 (White House - Pete Souza)

November 4, 2009

North Lawn

Halloween fantasy on the north lawn in 2009 (Time - AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

October 31, 2009

National Security Adviser's Office

The press room in 1956 (Life - Edward Clark)

West Wing Lobby

West Wing Lobby foyer, looking south, in 1956 (Life - Edward Clark)

West Wing Lobby foyer in 1956 (Life - Edward Clark)

October 30, 2009

South Portico

The White House staff observes a moment of silence in 2009,
on the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks (Getty Images)

South Lawn

School children pose with the first fall harvest in the new vegetable garden on the far south side of the lawn in 2009 (Getty Images)

The first lady directs the first fall harvest in the new vegetable garden on the far south side of the lawn (Getty Images)

The first lady hosts the groundbreaking of a new vegetable garden on the far south side of the lawn in 2009 (Getty Images)

President's West Wing Dining Room

Barack Obama prepares to sit down with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in 2009 (White House - Pete Souza)

October 28, 2009

Ushers' Room

New Chief Usher Howell Crim in 1938 (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

New Chief Usher Howell Crim (seated) with usher Charles Claunch in 1938 (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

Residence Ground Floor History

Ground floor plan of the White House around 1937 (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

Linen Room

Housekeeper Henrietta Nesbitt in the Linen Room in 1939 (Library of Congress)

Roosevelt Room

White House employees are fingerprinted in 1939;
(the framed poster at right depicts various big game fish) (Library of Congress - Harris & Ewing)

Executive clerk WS Crawford in 1925 (Library of Congress)

Tennis Court

President Obama on the converted court in 2009 (White House - Pete Souza)

President Obama on the converted court in 2009 (White House - Pete Souza)

October 26, 2009

Lincoln Bedroom

Hoover with French Premier Pierre Laval in the Lincoln Study in 1931 (Time | Erich Salomon)

October 9, 2009

Treaty Room

Barack Obama in the Treaty Room in 2009, looking west (White House - Pete Souza)