JFK in President’s bedroom discussing art and furnishings with David Finley, chair of White House Historical Association, and William Walton of Fine Arts Commission. Childe Hassam’s “Allies Day, May 1917” is on wall, above JFK’s dressing robe on hanger: #JFKL
Jacqueline Kennedy had secured Hassam’s "May 1917" painting for JFK’s wall because it showed New York City during month of his birth.
Hassam’s “Allies Day, May 1917” is in collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington DC:
President’s White House bedroom, 1962: #JFKL
LBJ kept President’s White House bedroom roughly as it was under JFK, but added three TV screens (at right) to watch news on CBS, NBC, ABC (here on Inaugural Day 1965): #LBJL
On some of LBJ’s White House tapes, you can hear him watching “Gunsmoke” (1955-1975):
For their thirtieth wedding anniversary in November 1964, LBJ gave Lady Bird an autographed picture of James Arness, who played “Matt Dillon” on her beloved “Gunsmoke” and a pair of diamond earrings:
Nixon did not want his White House bedroom to look as it did under JFK or LBJ, so he changed furniture, layout, rug and curtains in 1969:
After banishing the JFK-LBJ rug and furniture, Nixon then changed his White House bedroom to look like this:
Bringing Grand Rapids to the White House, Gerald Ford converted the President’s bedroom to a family room, here with press secretary Ron Nessen and chief of staff Dick Cheney: #GRFPL
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